Sri Lankan president sacks three ministers

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Sri Lankan president sacks three ministers

Sri Lanka President Chandrika Kumaratunga Tuesday sacked Defence Minister Tilak Marapana, Information Minister Imthiaz Bakeer Markar and Interior Minister John Amaratunga, a government spokesman said.

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Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga on Tuesday sacked defense, mass communication and interior ministers, officials from the president's office said.

Kumaratunga has written to Minister of Defense Tilak Marapana, Minister of Mass Communication Imtiasz Markar and Minister of Interiro John Amaratunga, informing them of their dismissal, they said.

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