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GUN TO HIS HEAD: General Sarath Fonseka to be court-martialled for conspiracy.

GUN TO HIS HEAD: General Sarath Fonseka to be court-martialled for conspiracy.

Fonseka 'hell-bent' on betrayal: Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's government on Tuesday said defeated presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka was "hell-bent" on betrayal and would be court-martialled on charges of conspiring against the president. Sri Lankan troops arrested their former chief on Monday. The government said the general, who quit the army in November to enter the presidential race, would be tried for conspiring with opposition politicians while still serving.

PRESIDENTIAL CHALLENGER: Sri Lanka former army commander General Sarath Fonseka arrested.
MR MIRACLE: Rahul Gandhi is credited with Congress
NOT A GOOD START: General Sarath Fonseka lose the recent Sri Lankan presidential election.
TROUBLE CALLING: Gen. Sarath Fonseka at a news conference in Colombo on Tuesday.
THE LINE IS OFF: Gen. Fonseka on the phone on the day of voting in Colombo, on Tuesday.
WINNER TAKES ALL: President Mahinda Rajapaksa defeated former army general Sarath Fonseka.
TAKING NO CHANCES: Sri Lankan soldiers guard the hotel where opposition candidate Gen. Sarath Fonseka stays.
GOING STRONG: President Mahinda Rajapaksa cast his vote at a polling centre in Hambantota.
IN THE RACE: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa casts his vote at a polling booth near Madamulana.
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