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How Sri Lanka's president survived a suicide bombing

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Columbo - The Attacks in Columba

Critics say the two brothers used the attack to boost their images as strong leaders. As amanthe perera explains, any chances of peace negotiations were now over in the minds of the raja paxes. Gorabe raja baxe was the link between the military establishment and the civilian establishment led by miderajboxe. Both were aggressively pursuing hard line stands against the tigers even before both of them were targeted.

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