JAFFNA, Sri Lanka -- There was a sense of the new in Sri Lanka's parliament on Nov. 21 that went far beyond it being the day of the inaugural sitting after a general election the previous week. Of the 225 seats in the saffron and brown-colored chamber, a record 175 were occupied by first-time lawmakers.
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