Sri Lankans elect Marxist-leaning Dissanayake as president to fix economy

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Sri Lankans elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as new president on Sunday (Sept 22), putting faith in his pledge to fight corruption and bolster a fragile economic recovery following the South Asian nation's worst financial crisis in decades.

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