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Sri Lanka's new president to appoint ally of ousted Rajapaksa as PM

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New Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will appoint an ally of the ousted Rajapaksa dynasty as prime minister, four sources said on Thursday, a day after urging unity to find a way out of the country's worst economic crisis in decades. FRANCE 24's Navodita Kumari reports from Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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