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Defeated Sri Lankan candidate Sarath Fonseka urges calm
Feb 11th, 2010 - BBC NEWS
police baton charged opposition protesters for a second day
defeated sri lankan presidential candidate sarath fonseka is appealing for calm, his wife has announced.
he made the plea through her after more violent clashes on thursday linkedBan raises Fonseka arrest with Sri Lanka president
Feb 10th, 2010 - Reuters
have risen in sri lanka since former army commander sarath fonseka was arrested on monday by militarySri Lanka Says No 'Vengeance' Behind Fonseka's Arrest
Feb 10th, 2010 - Bloomberg
feb. 11 (bloomberg) -- sri lanka's government said there was no "political vengeance" behind the arrest this week of former army chief general sarath fonseka, the defeated opposition candidate in january's presidential election. the opposition
Sri Lankan Gen Sarath Fonseka's arrest to be challenged
Feb 10th, 2010 - BBC NEWS
gen fonseka lost presidential elections last month
sri lankan opposition parties have said they will mount a legal challenge to the detention of defeated presidential candidate gen sarath fonseka.
gen fonseka was arrested on monday, accusedWife outraged by Fonseka's arrest
Feb 9th, 2010 - Al Jazeera English
the wife of sri lanka's defeated presidential candidate arrested on charges of plotting a coup has accused the government of abducting him and treating him "like an animal".
supporters of general sarath fonseka say military police "dragged him" away
Sarath Fonseka videos from YouTube:
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1:36Sri Lanka Arrests General Sarath Fonseka - Al Jazeera 08.02.2010
Sri Lanka Democracy Under Attack! They humiliated, disgraced our war hero infront of three democratic people's leaders! The terrorist who killed 600 surrendered police officers is sitttin on a ministerial chair! The General who freed Sri Lanka from terror was dragged from legs ...
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Sarath Fonseka from WikiPedia:
Gardihewa Sarath Chandralal Fonseka, known as Sarath Fonseka (Sinhala: ???? ????????, Tamil: ???? ????????, born December 18, 1950) is a former commander and General of the Sri Lanka Army and a former candidate for President of Sri Lanka. As Commander of the Army, he played an instrumental role in ending the 26 year Sri Lankan Civil War in 2009, defeating the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the process. He later had a public falling out with President Mahinda Rajapaksa, and unsuccessfully challenged Rajapaksa in the 2010 presidential election.
Fonseka joined the Sri Lanka Army in 1970 and saw extensive action throughout the 26 year civil war, culminating in a term as Commander of the Army from December 6, 2005 - July 15, 2009.
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