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    1. With President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fleeing to Singapore, and likely beyond, I can't help but think what a ride it has been from the end of the war with the LTTE to possibly the end of this political dynasty. bbc.com/news/world-asia-62160227
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    As a reader of the former Sri Lanka Sunday Leader, I was reading when their editor wrote his own obituary before being murdered by a regime whose President he was personally friendly with - Gotabaya's older brother. A fascinating read reproduced here: outlookindia.com/website/story/and-then-they-came-for-me/239478
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      Incidentally, there's an excellent book about the journalist who covered his own assassination in a nation infamous for simply liquidating journalists at will. goodreads.com/book/show/17990249-and-then-they-came-for-me
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