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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) Chamila Nilanthi is tired of all the waiting. The 47-year-old mother of two spent three days lining up to get kerosene in the Sri Lankan town of Gampaha, northeast of the capital Colombo.
A few years ago Sri Lanka s economy was growing strongly enough to provide jobs and financial security for most. It s now in a state of collapse, dependent on aid from India and other countries as its leaders desperately try to negotiate a bailout with the International Monetary Fund.