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COLOMBO, Aug. 5-- An estimated 40 percent voter turnout was recorded in Sri Lanka's parliamentary elections by noon on Wednesday after voting began at 7 a.m. local time, the government information department said. In several districts a little over 40 percent voter turnout was recorded with the highest turnout reported from the central highlands of Nuwera Eliya at 48 percent, followed by Matale in the south at 46 percent. The capital Colombo recorded a 34-percent turnout by noon. | 
