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Court blocks defeated Sri Lanka candidate's release bid, BBC News (2010)

The defeated presidential candidate General Fonseka is being held in military detention and his immediate release was refused by the Supreme Court. The next hearing is scheduled for April 26. The government intends to put him before a military court. Fonseka has stated that he would like to contest in the upcoming April parliamentary elections, which he may have to do from detention. In the meantime, the coalition that supported him split into several blocks.

The link address is: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8530504.stm

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