Witnessing history

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Personalities from across the political divide graced the inauguration ceremony of the country’s new president, Maithripala Sirisena, and prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, yesterday at Independence Square. Gathered together under the gaze of D.S. Senanayake’s statue, they mingled freely and looked on eagerly as their new leader took his oaths – Daminda Harsha Perera and Upul Abeyasekara

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