COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's leftist president-elect will be sworn into office Monday (Sep 23) after simmering public anger over the island nation's unprecedented economic crisis propelled him to a landslide poll win. Self-avowed Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, of the People's Liberation Front (JVP), won nearly 1.3 million more votes than his nearest rival. The previously fringe politician, whose party led two failed uprisings that left tens of thousands dead, saw a surge of support after the country'

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