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Ex-Sri Lanka leader Rajapakse concedes election defeat

AFP
AFP
18/08/2015
00:38 MYT
Ex-Sri Lanka leader Rajapakse concedes election defeat
Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapakse said he had conceded defeat in parliamentary elections.
Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapakse told AFP Tuesday that he had conceded defeat in parliamentary elections, but he will work as an opposition member of parliament.
"My dream of becoming prime minister has faded away," Rajapakse told AFP. "I am conceding. We have lost a good fight."
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