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Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday criticized a comeback bid by Mahinda Rajapaksa, the rival he beat in elections last January, and his own allies for backing him to become prime minister.via: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/14/us-sri-lanka-politics-idUSKCN0PO20E20150714