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Sri Lanka's Catholic Church To Declare Easter Blasts Victims As "Saints"
Sri Lanka's Catholic church has decided to move towards declaring as saints all the 273 people, including 11 Indians, killed in the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings on its fifth anniversary.
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Sri Lanka Observes Silence For Victims On Easter Attacks Anniversary
Survivors of last year's devastating Islamist suicide bombings in Sri Lanka held a private anniversary service Tuesday because of a coronavirus lockdown as the nation paid tribute with a two-minute silence.
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3 Arrested For Throwing Bombs At Bengal Church, Vandalising Property
Vandals allegedly linked to the RSS and BJP attacked a church in West Bengal on Saturday. A group of eight men hurled bombs with shouts of "Jai Shri Ram", and when worshippers fled, entered the church and vandalised it.
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Sri Lanka Extends Emergency For Fourth Month After Easter Bombings
Sri Lanka on Monday extended a law granting security forces emergency powers for a fourth month following the Easter Day bomb attacks on hotels and churches that killed more than 250 people.
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"Bombed Our Livelihoods": Sri Lanka Tourism Firms Struggle After Attacks
Pearl Divers, a diving school on one of Sri Lanka's most popular southern beaches, shut shop for two months after suicide bombers attacked churches and hotels on the island on Easter Sunday, killing about 250 people. It had no customers as tourists cancelled holidays, and its manager Nuwan Harshana says he took two months leave and a pay cut.
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176 Children Lost Parents In Sri Lanka Easter Sunday Attacks: Report
A total of 176 children have lost either one or both of their parents during the Easter Sunday attacks that killed 258 people, a media report quoted the head of Sri Lanka's Catholic Church as saying.
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In Sri Lanka, PM Modi Makes Unscheduled Visit To Church Hit By Easter Bombing
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Sri Lanka this morning, made an unscheduled visit to a Catholic church that was bombed during the Easter suicide attacks in April.
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In Tearful Ceremony, Sri Lanka Catholics Mark One Month Since Bombings
Hundreds of Catholics prayed outside the bombed St Anthony's Church in Colombo on Tuesday, marking one month since the Easter Sunday suicide attacks that killed 258 people in Sri Lanka.
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Catholic Schools In Sri Lanka To Reopen After Easter Bombings
Sri Lanka's Catholic Church on Thursday announced it will reopen its schools next week for the first time since Easter Sunday bombings killed 258 people.
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Tourism Suffers In Sri Lanka After Bomb Blasts Targeting Hotels, Churches
Tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka tumbled 7.5 percent in April from a year ago, as travellers shunned the island nation after the deadly Easter Sunday bombings, a senior official of the state tourism bureau said.
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Christian-Muslim Clashes Rock Easter Attacks Town In Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church appealed for calm and an alcohol ban Monday after clashes between Christians and Muslims in a town scarred by the Easter suicide attacks.
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Sri Lanka To Air Sunday Mass On TV Fearing Repeat Of Suicide Bombings
Sri Lanka's Catholic Church will televise a private Sunday mass after cancelling regular services over fears of a repeat of Easter's suicide bombings, even as police and troops tightened security.
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Delhi-Based Photojournalist Covering Lanka Blasts Arrested For Trespass
An India-based photo journalist, who was in Sri Lanka to cover the aftermath of Easter Sunday bombings, was arrested by Sri Lankan police for alleged unauthorised entry into a school.
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Sri Lanka Catholics Cancel Sunday Mass Over New Bomb Fears
Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church said it had cancelled plans to resume Sunday services because of fears of fresh bomb attacks.
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Sri Lanka To Resume Mass On Sunday: Cardinal
Sri Lanka's Catholic Church said public Mass will resume on Sunday amid tight security, two weeks after Easter Sunday bombings killed 253 people at three churches and three luxury hotels.
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Sri Lanka's Catholic Church To Declare Easter Blasts Victims As "Saints"
Sri Lanka's Catholic church has decided to move towards declaring as saints all the 273 people, including 11 Indians, killed in the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings on its fifth anniversary.
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Sri Lanka Observes Silence For Victims On Easter Attacks Anniversary
Survivors of last year's devastating Islamist suicide bombings in Sri Lanka held a private anniversary service Tuesday because of a coronavirus lockdown as the nation paid tribute with a two-minute silence.
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3 Arrested For Throwing Bombs At Bengal Church, Vandalising Property
Vandals allegedly linked to the RSS and BJP attacked a church in West Bengal on Saturday. A group of eight men hurled bombs with shouts of "Jai Shri Ram", and when worshippers fled, entered the church and vandalised it.
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Sri Lanka Extends Emergency For Fourth Month After Easter Bombings
Sri Lanka on Monday extended a law granting security forces emergency powers for a fourth month following the Easter Day bomb attacks on hotels and churches that killed more than 250 people.
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"Bombed Our Livelihoods": Sri Lanka Tourism Firms Struggle After Attacks
Pearl Divers, a diving school on one of Sri Lanka's most popular southern beaches, shut shop for two months after suicide bombers attacked churches and hotels on the island on Easter Sunday, killing about 250 people. It had no customers as tourists cancelled holidays, and its manager Nuwan Harshana says he took two months leave and a pay cut.
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176 Children Lost Parents In Sri Lanka Easter Sunday Attacks: Report
A total of 176 children have lost either one or both of their parents during the Easter Sunday attacks that killed 258 people, a media report quoted the head of Sri Lanka's Catholic Church as saying.
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In Sri Lanka, PM Modi Makes Unscheduled Visit To Church Hit By Easter Bombing
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Sri Lanka this morning, made an unscheduled visit to a Catholic church that was bombed during the Easter suicide attacks in April.
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In Tearful Ceremony, Sri Lanka Catholics Mark One Month Since Bombings
Hundreds of Catholics prayed outside the bombed St Anthony's Church in Colombo on Tuesday, marking one month since the Easter Sunday suicide attacks that killed 258 people in Sri Lanka.
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Catholic Schools In Sri Lanka To Reopen After Easter Bombings
Sri Lanka's Catholic Church on Thursday announced it will reopen its schools next week for the first time since Easter Sunday bombings killed 258 people.
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Tourism Suffers In Sri Lanka After Bomb Blasts Targeting Hotels, Churches
Tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka tumbled 7.5 percent in April from a year ago, as travellers shunned the island nation after the deadly Easter Sunday bombings, a senior official of the state tourism bureau said.
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Christian-Muslim Clashes Rock Easter Attacks Town In Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church appealed for calm and an alcohol ban Monday after clashes between Christians and Muslims in a town scarred by the Easter suicide attacks.
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Sri Lanka To Air Sunday Mass On TV Fearing Repeat Of Suicide Bombings
Sri Lanka's Catholic Church will televise a private Sunday mass after cancelling regular services over fears of a repeat of Easter's suicide bombings, even as police and troops tightened security.
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Delhi-Based Photojournalist Covering Lanka Blasts Arrested For Trespass
An India-based photo journalist, who was in Sri Lanka to cover the aftermath of Easter Sunday bombings, was arrested by Sri Lankan police for alleged unauthorised entry into a school.
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Sri Lanka Catholics Cancel Sunday Mass Over New Bomb Fears
Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church said it had cancelled plans to resume Sunday services because of fears of fresh bomb attacks.
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Sri Lanka To Resume Mass On Sunday: Cardinal
Sri Lanka's Catholic Church said public Mass will resume on Sunday amid tight security, two weeks after Easter Sunday bombings killed 253 people at three churches and three luxury hotels.
