COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka's new president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, on Friday appointed a longtime loyalist of the Rajapaksa family as prime minister, hours after an overnight onslaught against protesters in Colombo.
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Security personnel stand guard near Sri Lanka's presidential secretariat in Colombo after a raid on an anti-government protest camp early on July 22. © Reuters
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