Sri Lanka swears in newly appointed PM (Reuters) Updated: 2005-11-21 16:24
Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse (L) and
newly-appointed Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake smile during the
prime minister's swearing-in ceremony at the President House in Colombo,
Sri Lanka November 21, 2005. Sri Lanka's new leader swore in a hawkish new
prime minister on Monday in a move analysts said reinforced his hard-line
stance on any future peace negotiations with the Tamil Tiger
rebels.[Reuters] |
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