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Lanka president seeks seaborne escape after airport standoff
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Sri Lanka’s president headed to a naval base yesterday with a view to fleeing his island by ship following a humiliating standoff at the airport, official sources said. Gotabaya Rajapaksa has promised to resign today and clear the way for a “peaceful transition of power” following widespread protests against him over the country’s worst economic crisis. The 73-year-old leader fled his official residence in Colombo just before tens of thousands of protesters overran it on Saturday. He then wanted to fly to Dubai, officials said. As president, Rajapaksa enjoys immunity from arrest, and he is believed to want to go abroad before stepping down to avoid the possibility of being detained. But imm

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