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IMF approves $4.5 billion bailout for bankrupt Sri Lanka

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The International Monetary Fund has announced a bailout package for Sri Lanka. Source: AAP / CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE/EPA

Hundred of millions of dollars from an IMF rescue package for Sri Lanka are be immediately handed out to alleviate the nation's humanitarian crisis.


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