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ANKARA: President of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday declared a state of emergency once again as the nationwide protests against economic woes continued to hit the island nation. Anadolu Agency in quoting the Indian private TV channel NDTV reported that the state of emergency would be in effect as of midnight. “The measure will give security forces sweeping powers for the second time in five weeks to deal with escalating anti-government protests,” reports said.The decision came after the police forces tried to stop students attempting to storm the country’s parliament with tear gas and water cannon, the report said, adding Sri Lanka was “brought to a halt by a trade union strike dema

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