Lanka president's coalition wins majority in parliament

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The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won a two-thirds majority in parliament, according to official election results Friday, providing a strong mandate for his programme for economic revival. Dissanayake’s National People’s Power Party won 159 of the 225 seats, according to the Elections Commission. The Samagi Jana Balawegaya, or United People's Power Party, led by opposition