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Benjamin Netanyahu has spent years at the centre of Israel’s most bitter political divisions. Now, weeks before the country’s parliamentary election on 27 October, the Israeli prime minister faces a renewed challenge
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Sri Lanka’s Police Special Investigation Unit has recorded a statement from Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police Ranmal Kodithuwakku, who is in charge of the Criminal Division, as part of an investigation
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