Sri Lanka police fire tear gas and water cannon on a small protest in Colombo to break up the first demonstration since the crisis-hit island nation lifted a state of emergency. An unprecedented economic collapse has sparked often huge anti-government rallies this year after months of hardship caused by shortages of essential goods, rolling blackouts and spiraling inflation. The government has curbed dissent by imposing a state of emergency giving security forces sweeping detention powers, but the ordinance lapsed overnight. IMAGES