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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  | Sri Lankan president: I dissolved Parliament to avoid fight

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  — Sri Lanka’s president said he dissolved Parliament and called elections to avoid possible violence inside Parliament and around the country if a vote had to be taken to decide whether his chosen prime minister or his sacked rival had the majority support.

In a televised address to the nation Sunday evening, President Maithripala Sirisena said he heard stories from lawmakers…