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Colombo, Oct 21 (EFE/EPA).- Hundreds of Sri Lankans on Wednesday protested in Colombo against a constitutional amendment proposed by the government of Sri Lanka granting extraordinary powers to the head of state, overturning an amendment approved during the last government limiting these capabilities. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: A PROTEST AGAINST THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Images show the motorcade of Sri Lanka's deposed former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the airport in Colombo, as he returns to the country seven weeks after he fled amid the island's worst-ever economic crisis. IMAGES
Images of a Saudia plane landing in Singapore thought to be carrying Sri Lanka president from the Maldives. Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka Wednesday after his palace was overrun by protesters at the weekend. IMAGES
Dozens of Sri Lankans gather outside the president's office in Colombo on Thursday morning as representatives of the anti-government demonstration said they were in talks to hand back official buildings they seized, even as they insisted the president and prime minister both quit in the face of an economic crisis. IMAGES
Protesters storm the official residence of Gotabaya Rajapaksa shortly after the Sri Lankan president fled the Colombo compound. Huge crowds had surrounded the leader's home to demand his resignation, blaming government mismanagement for a painful economic downturn. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).