{
  "id": 5615293,
  "title": "Sri Lanka Arrests Ex-President's Son For Taking $800,000 Bribe In Airbus Deal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/sri-lanka-arrests-ex-presidents-son-for-taking-800-000-bribe-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T17:49:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/sri-lanka-arrests-ex-presidents-son-for-taking-800-000-bribe-in-airbus-deal-12003798"
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  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga Bodaragama ordered the 40-year-old scion of the once-powerful Rajapaksa family to be held for two weeks pending further investigations.",
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Sri Lanka arrests ex-president's son over Airbus deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/sri-lanka-arrests-ex-presidents-son-over-airbus-deal",
        "published": "2026-09-04T10:58:50.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "Sri Lanka arrests ex-president’s son over Airbus deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/sri-lanka-arrests-ex-presidents-son-over-airbus-deal-5570464",
        "published": "2026-09-04T13:33:19.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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