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Sri Lanka to slash military by a third to cut costs
COLOMBO, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka will slash its army by a third to 135,000 personnel by next year and to 100,000 by 2030, the state minister of defence said on Friday, as the country tries to cut…