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By Uditha Jayasinghe and Dinuka Liyanawatte COLOMBO (Reuters) – Police in Sri Lanka’s capital lifted a curfew on Friday after protests in which dozens of people were arrested and injured near the home of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over his handling of an economic crisis. Hundreds of protesters gathered near Rajapaksa’s residence in a Colombo suburb late on Thursday before police moved in to disperse them with tear gas and water cannons. Rajapaksa’s media division said in a statement a small group of people carrying iron bars, clubs and sticks had provoked the protesters, the majority of whom…