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Sri Lanka MPs vote in sweeping powers for president
The president was elated over the outcome of the vote
Protesters burnt an effigy of President Mahinda Rajapaksa
Sri Lankan MPs have approved proposals to let President Mahinda Rajapaksa seek an unlimited number of terms, in a move critics say could lead to dictatorship.
The constitutional amendment also hugely boosts the president’s powers.
Amid protest and counter-protest in the capital Colombo,...