{"id":56189,"date":"2012-10-09T12:17:58","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T12:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=56189"},"modified":"2012-10-16T17:07:50","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T17:07:50","slug":"we-have-lost-both-the-times-i-have-gone-to-the-ground-mahinda-rajapaksa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/we-have-lost-both-the-times-i-have-gone-to-the-ground-mahinda-rajapaksa\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We Have Lost Both The Times I Have Gone To The Ground&#8217; &#8211; Mahinda Rajapaksa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;We have lost both the times I have gone to the ground, so I now prefer to watch cricket on TV,&#8217; he said in a lighter vein, before saying he &#8216;may just turn up.'&#8221; \u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/\">Times of India<\/a><\/span> reports. 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