{"id":1864,"date":"2011-11-16T05:41:42","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T05:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/?p=1864"},"modified":"2013-09-30T13:06:30","modified_gmt":"2013-09-30T07:36:30","slug":"video-mahinda-rajapaksa-in-an-uncomfortable-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/video-mahinda-rajapaksa-in-an-uncomfortable-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Mahinda Rajapaksa In An Uncomfortable Seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, no, in India Gandhi family, take even in US, Bush &#8211; Bush senior, Bush junior, Kennedy \u2013 Kennedy junior, next time, Obama \u2013 Obama junior, but they are small. So, I mean it\u2019s happening in the all part of the world. 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