Sri Lankan voters today delivered a stunning defeat to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the hero of the military war over the LTTE, opting for his former colleague Maithripala Sirisena to end a 10 year rule that was marked by allegations of family rule, corruption and authoritarianism capped by internal revolt Source The Sangai Express Press Trust of India
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