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LIVE news updates: Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's resignation came hours after clashes broke out in Colombo

Sri Lanka's pro government and anti-government protestors clash amid tear gas outside the president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

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				<strong>Live news updates:</strong> Sri Lanka&#39;s prime minister resigned on Monday to make way for a unity government to try to find a way out of the country&#39;s worst economic crisis in history, but protesters said they also wanted his brother to stand down as president.</div>
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				Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa&#39;s resignation came hours after clashes broke out in Colombo, where supporters of the ruling party stormed an anti-government protest camp and were beaten back by police using tear gas and water cannon. Ruling party parliamentarian Amarakeerthi Athukorala died after a standoff with anti-government protesters in the town of Nittambuwa near Colombo, a police source told Reuters without giving details.</div>
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				At least three others were wounded and the area remained tense with dozens of protesters still at the location, the source said.</div>
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