Sri Lanka President dissolves Parliament amid political crisis
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved the Parliament on Friday after his party announced that it did not have the majority to secure support for PM Mahinda Rajapaksa. Sirisena called for snap parliamentary elections on January 5, nearly two years ahead of schedule. Sri Lankan Parliament's Speaker, Karu Jayasuriya, had refused to recognise Rajapaksa as PM until he proved majority.