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Astrophotographer Captures Milky Way Over Easter Island's Moai During Eclipse
Astrophotographer Josh Dury captured the vibrant Milky Way over Easter Island’s ancient Moai statues during his trip to witness an annular eclipse. His photograph, titled Aringa Ora O Te Tupuna, pays homage to the island’s ancestral legacy and culture. Recognised by NASA as an Astronomy Photo of the Day, this image highlights the island's dark ...
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Annular Solar Eclipse's 'Ring of Fire' Seen In Easter Island And Patagonia
The moon blotted out most of the sun across the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday afternoon, giving just a few specks of land an impressive annular "ring of fire" eclipse.
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Massive Fire Destroys Moai Structures In Eastern Island: Report
A fire raged through Easter Island in Chile in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean that burned all the landscape, harming a number of the 1,000 Moai statues there.
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Pics: Easter Island's Iconic Moai Statues Charred After Forest Fire
A forest fire that tore through part of Easter Island has charred some of its fabled monumental carved stone figures, known as moai, authorities said Thursday.
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Sri Lanka Begins Trials For 2019 Easter Attack That Left 270 People Dead
A Sri Lankan court on Monday began the first of three trials connected to bombings that killed nearly 270 people on the island in 2019, amidst appeals for greater accountability from victim support groups.
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Sri Lanka Indicts ISIS "Mastermind" Over 2019 Easter Sunday Bombings
Sri Lankan prosecutors Monday indicted the alleged mastermind of the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings along with 24 men they say were co-conspirators in the island's worst single terror attack.
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Sri Lanka Indicts ISIS Mastermind Over 2019 Easter Sunday Bombings
Sri Lankan prosecutors Monday indicted the alleged mastermind of the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings along with 24 men they say were co-conspirators in the island's worst single terror attack.
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"We're Social Animals": Hong Kong Residents Flout Lockdown On Festival
People in Hong Kong thronged beaches, ferries and outlying islands on Sunday, many of them violating ban on gatherings of more than four people aimed at containing the spread of the new coronavirus.
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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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Sri Lanka In Talks With China For $1 Billion Loan
Sri Lanka is seeking a loan of nearly $1.0 billion from China for energy and highways as the island recovers from the devastating Easter Sunday bombings, the finance ministry said Thursday.
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PM Modi Is The First World leader To Visit Sri Lanka After Easter Blasts
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Sri Lanka on his way back to India from Maldives where he was on his first overseas trip after getting elected as Prime Minister for a second term. PM Modi is the first world leaderto visit the island nation over two months after the serial bombings on Easter left more than 250 dead.
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Sri Lanka Arrests Saudi-Educated Scholar Over Links With Easter Bombings
Sri Lankan authorities have arrested a Saudi-educated scholar for what they claim are links with Zahran Hashim, the suspected ringleader of the Easter Sunday bombings, throwing a spotlight on the rising influence of Salafi-Wahhabi Islam on the island's Muslims.
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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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No Record To Suggest That Some Sri Lanka Bombers Visited Kashmir: Top Cop
Jammu and Kashmir Police chief Dilbag Singh Sunday said there was no record to suggest that any of the suicide bombers, who carried out the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, had visited Kashmir as claimed by the Army chief of the island nation.
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Threat Real As Security Forces Are On High Alert: US Envoy To Sri Lanka
The US ambassador to Sri Lanka said on Tuesday that some of the ISIS terrorists involved in the Easter Sunday bombings on the island were likely still at large and could be planning fresh attacks.
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Astrophotographer Captures Milky Way Over Easter Island's Moai During Eclipse
Astrophotographer Josh Dury captured the vibrant Milky Way over Easter Island’s ancient Moai statues during his trip to witness an annular eclipse. His photograph, titled Aringa Ora O Te Tupuna, pays homage to the island’s ancestral legacy and culture. Recognised by NASA as an Astronomy Photo of the Day, this image highlights the island's dark ...
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Annular Solar Eclipse's 'Ring of Fire' Seen In Easter Island And Patagonia
The moon blotted out most of the sun across the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday afternoon, giving just a few specks of land an impressive annular "ring of fire" eclipse.
-
Massive Fire Destroys Moai Structures In Eastern Island: Report
A fire raged through Easter Island in Chile in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean that burned all the landscape, harming a number of the 1,000 Moai statues there.
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Pics: Easter Island's Iconic Moai Statues Charred After Forest Fire
A forest fire that tore through part of Easter Island has charred some of its fabled monumental carved stone figures, known as moai, authorities said Thursday.
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Sri Lanka Begins Trials For 2019 Easter Attack That Left 270 People Dead
A Sri Lankan court on Monday began the first of three trials connected to bombings that killed nearly 270 people on the island in 2019, amidst appeals for greater accountability from victim support groups.
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Sri Lanka Indicts ISIS "Mastermind" Over 2019 Easter Sunday Bombings
Sri Lankan prosecutors Monday indicted the alleged mastermind of the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings along with 24 men they say were co-conspirators in the island's worst single terror attack.
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Sri Lanka Indicts ISIS Mastermind Over 2019 Easter Sunday Bombings
Sri Lankan prosecutors Monday indicted the alleged mastermind of the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings along with 24 men they say were co-conspirators in the island's worst single terror attack.
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"We're Social Animals": Hong Kong Residents Flout Lockdown On Festival
People in Hong Kong thronged beaches, ferries and outlying islands on Sunday, many of them violating ban on gatherings of more than four people aimed at containing the spread of the new coronavirus.
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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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Sri Lanka In Talks With China For $1 Billion Loan
Sri Lanka is seeking a loan of nearly $1.0 billion from China for energy and highways as the island recovers from the devastating Easter Sunday bombings, the finance ministry said Thursday.
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PM Modi Is The First World leader To Visit Sri Lanka After Easter Blasts
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Sri Lanka on his way back to India from Maldives where he was on his first overseas trip after getting elected as Prime Minister for a second term. PM Modi is the first world leaderto visit the island nation over two months after the serial bombings on Easter left more than 250 dead.
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Sri Lanka Arrests Saudi-Educated Scholar Over Links With Easter Bombings
Sri Lankan authorities have arrested a Saudi-educated scholar for what they claim are links with Zahran Hashim, the suspected ringleader of the Easter Sunday bombings, throwing a spotlight on the rising influence of Salafi-Wahhabi Islam on the island's Muslims.
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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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No Record To Suggest That Some Sri Lanka Bombers Visited Kashmir: Top Cop
Jammu and Kashmir Police chief Dilbag Singh Sunday said there was no record to suggest that any of the suicide bombers, who carried out the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, had visited Kashmir as claimed by the Army chief of the island nation.
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Threat Real As Security Forces Are On High Alert: US Envoy To Sri Lanka
The US ambassador to Sri Lanka said on Tuesday that some of the ISIS terrorists involved in the Easter Sunday bombings on the island were likely still at large and could be planning fresh attacks.
