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The rise in cooking gas prices have forced people to buy kerosene.<br \/>\nFor the past few weeks, fuel prices are sky-rocketing and leading to record food inflation in Sri Lanka. The island nation is facing the worst economic crisis as its foreign reserves have dipped. It is unable to pay for the imports of oil and other essential items.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COLOMBO Sri Lanka is battling widespread fuel shortages and inflation. People are waiting in long queues at pumps for hours to get fuel. Two men in their seventies collapsed and died while they were waiting for petrol and kerosene oil in separate queues. 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