Sri Lankan legislators have overwhelmingly voted to scrap their pensions, as the Marxist-leaning government fulfills a key campaign promise. The vote Tuesday was 154-2.

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Sri Lankan legislators overwhelmingly voted to scrap their pensions, as the ruling Marxist-leaning government delivers a key campaign promise amid public anger over the economic crisis

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