A protester in Sri Lanka was killed on Tuesday (April 19) after police opened fire to disperse crowds, marking the first fatality in weeks of demonstrations over a worsening economic crisis. As Diane To reports, it comes as the country lobbies for financial help from the International Monetary Fund in Washington.

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