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Hopes of finding survivors under the mud and rubble of a landslide in south-central Sri Lanka run out, officials say, though the estimated death toll is reduced. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Beliatta, Aug 7 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka's ruling Rajapaksa brothers won a landslide in the parliamentary election, according to the final results declared Friday, receiving a fresh mandate to cement their grip on power.The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) led by the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's all-powerful elder brother Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa won 145 seats in the 225-member parliament.The main opposition United National Party (UNP), one of the oldest political groups in the country, led by former prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, was decimated as it secured a meager 2.15 percent votes and managed to win just one seat. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE). SHOT LIST: SRI LANKAN PRIME MINISTER ELECT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA CELEBRATES AND GREETS PEOPLE AT HIS HOME IN BELIATTA, HAMBANTOTA, SRI LANKA.
Sri Lanka's president promises full support to flood victims as hundreds of thousands are forced from their homes after days of torrential rain. Rough Cut - subtitled (no reporter narration).
Landslides in Sri Lanka have killed at least 150 people after days of heavy rain. Yiming Woo reports.
At least ten people are dead and scores missing after a landslide triggered by monsoon rains hits central Sri Lanka. Rough Cut (No reporter narration)
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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