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Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga on Friday invited the leader of the opposition United National Party, Ranil Wickremesinghe, to form a new government after his party swept parliamentary elections this week.
The two have scheduled a meeting on Saturday.
Kumaratunga's People's Alliance was routed in Wednesday's election, and she will now have to contend with a hostile parliament controlled by UNP.
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