Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapakse, pictured in June ...
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Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapakse, pictured in June 2009, Monday announced he was calling a snap election to seek a second term, six months after his security forces defeated separatist Tamil Tiger rebels.

(AFP/File/Ishara S. Kodikara)

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