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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s sports minister was sacked on Monday hours after he accused President Ranil Wickremesinghe of trying to assassinate him over his moves to clean up corruption at the cricket board. Officials said Roshan Ranasinghe was dismissed ahead of Monday’s weekly cabinet meeting after he told parliament that Wickre­mesinghe sho­uld be held responsible if he was killed. “I fear …

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