Sri Lanka says IMF aid in reach after year of anger, hunger and fear

COLOMBO -- Braving the scorching afternoon sun, 64-year-old K. Piyasena walks along the sidewalk adjoining the sprawling ocean park in Colombo known as Galle Face Green, not far from Sri Lanka's Presidential Secretariat. "Annasi!" he shouts as he desperately tries to sell freshly cut pineapple halves doused in salt and chili.