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Subject: One of These Common Drinks Linked to Severe Memory Loss 
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xt-decoration:none">disturbing link</span></span></span></span></span></spa=
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yle=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style=3D"color:#000000"><span st=
yle=3D"font-weight:400"><span style=3D"font-style:normal"><span style=3D"te=
xt-decoration:none"> between a common drink and skyrocketing rates of Alzhe=
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><span style=3D"text-decoration:none">Because this everyday drink contains =
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><span style=3D"text-decoration:none">Studies show that this toxic mineral =
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<p><span style=3D"font-size:8px;">Sri Lanka will vote on Sept 21 to elect a=
 new president, a government notice said on Friday, a crucial contest that =
is expected to determine the future of reforms in the South Asian island na=
tion weathering its worst financial crisis in decades. Nominations for the =
election have to be submitted on Aug 15, the notice added. Incumbent Presid=
ent Ranil Wickremesinghe is widely expected to run in the election, with al=
most 17 million of Sri Lanka&#39;s 22 million population eligible to vote. =
Wickremesinghe, 75, took office in July 2022 after widespread protests caus=
ed by the debilitating financial crisis forced his predecessor Gotabaya Raj=
apaksa to flee the country and later resign. Parliament elected Wickremesin=
ghe to serve out the rest of the five year-term vacated by Rajapaksa who wa=
s elected in November 2019. This is a critical time for Sri Lanka, said Bha=
vani Fonseka, senior researcher for Colombo-based Centre for Policy Alterna=
tives. An election being called is extremely important for democracy but no=
w the election commission must be allowed to do what they are mandated to d=
o. Having a free and fair election is essential. Helped by a $2.9 billion I=
nternational Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout programme, Wickremesinghe has stit=
ched back the shattered economy, bringing down inflation from a steep 70% i=
n September 2022 to 1.7% in June, strengthening the rupee and rebuilding pr=
eviously decimated foreign exchange reserves. Sri Lanka&#39;s economy is ex=
pected to grow 3% in 2024 after shrinking 2.3% last year and 7.3% during th=
e height of the crisis. Bilateral creditors including Japan, China, and Ind=
ia signed up to a $10 billion debt rework last month, which gave Colombo br=
eathing space to defer repayments for four years and save $5 billion. But S=
ri Lanka still has to put the finishing touches on a preliminary agreement =
with bondholders on restructuring $12.5 billion of debt ahead of a third IM=
F review later this year. Higher taxes imposed under the IMF programme, pro=
longed inflation, and a stagnant job market caused by the grinding crisis h=
as plunged a quarter of the population into poverty and pushed thousands to=
 migrate. Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and parliamentarian Anura Kuma=
ra Dissanayake who heads the Marxist-leaning Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP=
) are expected to tap into this discontent as they make their presidential =
bids. Both Premadasa and Dissanayake have publicly said that they will look=
 at revamping the IMF programme to reduce the cost of living pressures on S=
ri Lankans and ease the country&#39;s debt repayment burden. Sri Lanka&#39;=
s recovery is still very fragile and attempts to reverse the reforms could =
precipitate a new crisis, analysts say. The new government will need to ens=
ure the reforms are taken forward and concluded to transform the economy an=
d put it on a positive track, they say.</span></p>=0D
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