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Wijedasa, Namini; Satyapalan, Franklin (22 February 2004).
568:"Athaullah group expelled, Hakim leadership strengthened"
241:(PA). Ferial Ashraff remained in the PA as leader of the
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732:"32 member UPFA Cabinet to be sworn in on Saturday"
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528:"Court restrains Hakim functioning as SLMC leader"
508:"Hakeem suspends SLMC Chairman, General Secretary"
548:"Courts allows Hakeem to function as SLMC leader"
445:"Sri Lanka govt. faces collapse as Muslims leave"
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248:In October 2001 the Hakeem led SLMC joined the
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692:"SLMC breakaway Athaulla with 3 MPs join PA"
651:"Hakeem fights last-ditch battle in Amparai"
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423:Satyapalan, Franklin R. (21 June 2001).
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334:Lansford, Tom, ed. (2014). "Sri Lanka".
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844:Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (22 September 2012).
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366:"List of recognized political parties"
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205:) is a registered political party in
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398:Farook, Latheef (23 December 2014).
337:Political Handbook of the World 2014
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1420:People's Front of Liberation Tigers
1136:Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization
823:Kaleel, M. A. (15 September 2007).
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260:after which Hakeem was appointed a
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1370:All Ceylon Malay Political Union
1228:Democratic United National Front
1213:Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance
1178:Tamil People's National Alliance
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288:. The NC won three seats on the
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757:The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)
593:The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)
425:"SLMC-NUA quit PA coalition"
209:. It was founded in 2004 by
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1314:Revolutionary Workers Party
1111:Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
1085:Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya
1075:Our Power of People's Party
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1269:Liberal Democratic Party
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944:Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
929:Ceylon Workers' Congress
1529:National Unity Alliance
1324:Social Democratic Party
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1218:Crusaders for Democracy
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1049:Supreme Lanka Coalition
1042:Sri Lanka Freedom Party
1014:United Republican Front
982:New Lanka Freedom Party
243:National Unity Alliance
221:Following the death of
1405:Lanka Democratic Party
1349:United Socialist Party
1344:United Citizen’s Front
1339:Sri Lanka Labour Party
1289:Nava Sama Samaja Party
1244:Freedom People's Front
1080:Pivithuru Hela Urumaya
830:The Island (Sri Lanka)
777:The Island (Sri Lanka)
752:"The new UPFA Cabinet"
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676:Daily News (Sri Lanka)
635:The Island (Sri Lanka)
614:Daily News (Sri Lanka)
493:Daily News (Sri Lanka)
430:The Island (Sri Lanka)
272:The NMC contested the
1562:Politics of Sri Lanka
1524:Left Liberation Front
1511:United National Front
1440:United Lanka Congress
1060:Democratic Left Front
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800:. 25 September 2005.
412:on 24 September 2015.
254:United National Front
250:United National Party
147:Politics of Sri Lanka
1410:Lanka Mahajana Sabha
1304:New Sinhala Heritage
1299:New Democratic Front
1294:New Democratic Party
1259:Jathika Hela Urumaya
302:Maithripala Sirisena
225:, the leader of the
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825:"Anwer Ismail dead"
720:. 20 February 2004.
596:. 27 February 2003.
496:. 13 December 2001.
114:Provincial Councils
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792:"NMC changes name"
780:. 29 January 2007.
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473:. 21 October 2001.
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772:"The New Cabinet"
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