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COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s top court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa to dismiss corruption charges against him, in a possible blow to the frontrunnner’s candidacy.via:https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sri-lanka-politics-rajapaksa/sri-lanka-presidential-frontrunner-loses-bid-to-get-corruption-case-dismissed-idUSKCN1VW1UF?fbclid=IwAR3kdKy8gJZmUMsbFBLKhdI99vSNfeUdnA3IdLiUOLq_m5rQ8biv5ApotsY