Sri Lanka advertises for hangmen

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Sri Lanka began advertising for hangmen this week, as the President Maithripala Sirisena pushes ahead with a hardline policy modeled on the Philippines, to combat drug trafficking. The photo shows a man reading an advertisement of the vacancy for hangmen published on a local newspaper

(Reuters Photo)

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Sri Lanka advertises for hangmen

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