Sri Lanka chooses new leader aligned to ousted former president

By The Associated Press

SRI LANKA-CRISIS/CANDIDATES

Sri Lankan lawmakers chose six-time Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as president Wednesday to succeed the ousted leader who fled the country, in a vote that risks reigniting political turmoil in the troubled South Asian island nation.

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