SRI LANKA-POLITICS

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena (L) shakes hands with former president Mahinda Rajapaksa during a ceremony to swear in Ranil Wickremesinghe as Sri Lanka's new prime minister in Colombo on August 21, 2015. Sri Lanka's former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa admitted his dream of a political comeback was over after parliamentary election results showed a huge surge in support for the party that helped engineer his ousting. The outcome represents another bitter blow for Rajapaksa, who led Sri Lanka for a decade before he was dramatically ousted by his one-time ally Maithripala Sirisena in a January 8 presidential election. Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe secured formal support from sections of the main opposition August 21 for a broad coalition shortly after he was sworn-in for a fourth-term. AFP PHOTO / Ishara S. KODIKARA (Photo by Ishara S.KODIKARA / AFP) (Photo by ISHARA S.KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images)