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Dec.30 declared a National Day of Mourning

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The government has declared December 30, as a national day of mourning as a mark of respect for the late former Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, the Home Affairs Ministery said.

Earlier the government had declared December 31 as a national day of mourning. However the date was later revised.