THE WRONG WAY:

Hardliner wins Sri Lanka election (BBC, 11/18/05)

Sri Lankan premier Mahinda Rajapakse has won the presidential election by a narrow margin, officials have said. [...]

Mr Rajapakse is a populist whose heartland is the countryside in the Sinhala-Buddhist-dominated south.

He opposes privatisation and wants subsidies for farmers.

In pre-poll deals with Marxist and Buddhist parties he pledged a hard line in peace talks, including a renegotiation of the ceasefire agreement.

What ever their currency is, dump it.

Posted by Orrin Judd at November 18, 2005 8:03 AM