Sri Lanka gets new president in Wickremesinghe, protest...

COLOMBO, July 20 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan lawmakers voted in acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new president on Wednesday, hoping his long experience in government would help pull the country out of a crippling economic and political crisis.

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