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Sri Lankan ruling party coalition today refused to make former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, a prime ministerial candidate, dashing his efforts to return to front line politics.via: http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/sri-lankas-ruling-party-refuses-to-make-mahinda-rajapaksa-prime-ministerial-candidate-773088