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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 5862125" data-attributes="member: 92282">The BBC's Charles Haviland in Colombo says the general has been in talks with Sri Lanka's opposition coalition about the possibility of his running for president against Mr Rajapaksa. Opposition politicians say that resigning from his post as army chief would clear the way for him to stand as a presidential candidate.  But in an interview with BBC Tamil, Gen Fonseka would not be drawn on reports he might enter the presidential race.  "I am retiring. That's all I can say at the moment," he said.<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8356570.stm" target="_blank">BBC</a></blockquote>

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