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As they took over the president’s house, Sri Lankan protesters stopped to savor its luxuries.

As they took over the president’s house, Sri Lankan protesters stopped to savor its luxuries.

They did flips into the pool. They lounged on canopied beds. And on wide-screen televisions, they watched cricket and news footage of their fellow protesters, who had massed in Sri Lanka’s capital and joined them in storming the presidential residence and secretariat. After months of growing economic deprivation, of fuel …

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