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The Sri Lankan president, Mahinda Rajapaksa has conceded defeat in an election he had been widely predicted to win before a member of his own party defected to run against him, the presidential office has said.via: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2015/01/rajapaksa-concedes-defeat-sri-lanka-vote-20151911423615440.html