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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Resigns

by VOA News

   Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaska resigned Monday following
   weeks of protests calling for him and his brother, President Gotabaya
   Rajapaska, to step down amid an economic crisis.

   Officials said the prime minister sent a letter of resignation to the
   president.

   Government supporters attacked anti-government protesters Monday
   outside the president's offices in Colombo, injuring at least 20
   people.

   Police fired tear gas and water cannon and imposed an indefinite
   curfew.