COLOMBO -- Sri Lankans frustrated with a deteriorating economic crisis are locked in a standoff with the government, which moved this weekend to block popular social networks and muzzle the masses.
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A Sri Lankan Special Task Force member stops vehicles at a checkpoint in Colombo on April 3, after the government imposed a curfew. © Reuters
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