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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nismok" data-source="post: 6579712" data-attributes="member: 109094">COLOMBO (AFP)--Sri Lanka's president on Monday sacked 12 senior  military officers over what one army source said were fears of a coup  after last week's presidential elections.     They included three senior major generals and two brigadiers accused  of interfering in politics during campaigning for Jan. 26 election, in  which President Mahinda Rajapakse beat a former army general, the source  said.     The defense ministry in a statement confirmed that an undisclosed  number of senior officers were "sent on compulsory retirement" because  they were considered a "threat to national security." http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100201-703629.html?mod=rss_Currencies</blockquote>

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