Sri Lankans voted Thursday to choose a new president in a high stakes race that pits President Mahinda Rajapaksa against his former aide, Mithripala Sirisena. The contest is expected to be the tightest the nation has witnessed in decades.
Sri Lankan President Seeks Third Term in Close Election
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Sri Lanka's main opposition presidential candidate Mithripala Sirisena gets his finger marked with indelible ink after casting his vote at a polling station in Polonnaruwa, about 200 kilometers northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jan. 15, 2015.