(Reuters) -- Sri Lanka has asked the International Monetary Fund for rapid financial assistance and the global lender is considering it after initial reluctance, an aide to the country's finance minister said Tuesday.
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A man pushes his tuk-tuk as he waits for fuel in Colombo on April 18 as Sri Lanka struggles with an economic crisis. © Reuters
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