Sri Lanka court allows candidate to keep citizenship

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan court has dismissed a case seeking the cancellation of the citizenship of presidential hopeful Gotabaya Rajapaksa, clearing the way for him to register as a candidate in a November election.
Two civil activists had asked the Court of Appeal to withdraw Rajapaksa’s citizenship, saying he renounced it in 2003 to become a U.S citizen and regained it two years later in an irregular manner.
The three-judge panel on Friday unanimously rejected the cas