Sri Lanka's top general quits
UPI - Thu Nov 12, 2:44 pm ETCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The head of Sri Lanka's armed forces, fresh from a civil war-ending victory over Tamil Tiger rebels and a promotion, has quit, government officials say.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The head of Sri Lanka's armed forces, fresh from a civil war-ending victory over Tamil Tiger rebels and a promotion, has quit, government officials say.
Government officials in Colombo confirm the chief of Sri Lanka's armed forces has quit his post, but are not commenting on speculation he is poised to challenge the island nation's president in an upcoming election.
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Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka’s top general, Sarath Fonseka , quit his post and may challenge President Mahinda Rajapaksa in elections slated for next year, Agence France- Presse reported, citing officials it didn’t name.
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