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Russia "Repellled" Ukraine Attacks Overnight Amid Easter Truce: Defence Ministry
Russia said Sunday that its forces had retaliated after Ukraine attempted attacks overnight despite an Easter truce announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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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 President Orders Fresh Probe Into 2019 Easter Bombings
Sri Lanka's president announced an investigation Sunday into allegations made by a British television documentary that his current spy chief was complicit in the country's worst attack against civilians.
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Sri Lankan Ex-President To Pay 100 Million Rupees To Easter Attack Victims
Sri Lanka's former president Maithripala Sirisena was on Thursday ordered by the country's top courtto pay SLRs 100 million as compensation to victims of the 2019 Easter attack for his negligence in preventing the attack.
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On 2019 Easter Attacks Probe, Sri Lanka Acting President's Request To UK
Sri Lanka's Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday sought the assistance of the British government and their intelligence services in the investigation of the Easter Sunday suicide attacks that killed nearly 270 people.
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Sri Lanka Charges 25 Suspects In Easter Sunday Bombings
Sri Lanka has filed 23,270 charges against 25 people in connection with the deadly 2019 Easter Sunday attacks that killed over 270 people, including 11 Indians, the president's office said on Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka Arrests MP Rishad Bathiudeen, His Brother Over Easter Attacks
Sri Lanka's police Saturday arrested a top Muslim leader and member of parliament in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks that killed 279 people as pressure to speed up the investigation mounted.
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Mastermind Of 2019 Easter Terror Attacks Identified: Sri Lankan Minister
A top Sri Lankan minister said on Tuesday that a radical cleric, who is now under detention, has been identified as the mastermind of the deadly Easter Sunday attacks in 2019 that killed 270 people, including 11 Indians.
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Probe Into Sri Lanka Attacks Finds Ex-President Should Face Charges
Sri Lanka's ex-president and his intelligence chiefs should be prosecuted for failing to prevent suicide bombings two years ago on Easter Sunday that killed 279 people, according to an investigation released Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka Church 'Forgives' 2019 Suicide Bombers Who Killed 279 People
Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church said Sunday it had forgiven the suicide bombers behind the attacks that killed at least 279 people last Easter.
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"India A Friend, Helped Sri Lanka Fight Terrorism": Mahinda Rajapaksa
Calling India a "long-standing friend", Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for visiting his country in the aftermath of last year's Easter Sunday terror attacks and outlined that New Delhi has always helped Colombo in its fight against terrorism.
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Why India Should Be Concerned About Elections In Sri Lanka
Sri Lankans trickled into polling centres early on Saturday to choose a new president for the island-nation still struggling to recover from Easter Sunday attacks on hotels and churches in April this year that have heavily weighed on its tourism-dependent economy.
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Sri Lanka Suspends 2 Top Officials Over False Warning About Terror Attack
Sri Lanka's police Tuesday suspended two senior officers for falsely warning of a suicide attack similar to the Easter Sunday bombings that killed at least 258 people in April.
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Easter Sunday Attack Suspects Should Be Hanged: Sri Lanka President
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has demanded death sentence to all the suspects arrested in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks, amid his differences with the governing coalition over reintroduction of capital punishment after four decades.
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International Drug Dealers Behind Sri Lanka Easter Bombings: President
International drug syndicates orchestrated Sri Lanka's deadly Easter Sunday bombings, the country's leader claimed Monday, despite earlier blaming the attacks on Islamists.
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Russia "Repellled" Ukraine Attacks Overnight Amid Easter Truce: Defence Ministry
Russia said Sunday that its forces had retaliated after Ukraine attempted attacks overnight despite an Easter truce announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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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 President Orders Fresh Probe Into 2019 Easter Bombings
Sri Lanka's president announced an investigation Sunday into allegations made by a British television documentary that his current spy chief was complicit in the country's worst attack against civilians.
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Sri Lankan Ex-President To Pay 100 Million Rupees To Easter Attack Victims
Sri Lanka's former president Maithripala Sirisena was on Thursday ordered by the country's top courtto pay SLRs 100 million as compensation to victims of the 2019 Easter attack for his negligence in preventing the attack.
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On 2019 Easter Attacks Probe, Sri Lanka Acting President's Request To UK
Sri Lanka's Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday sought the assistance of the British government and their intelligence services in the investigation of the Easter Sunday suicide attacks that killed nearly 270 people.
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Sri Lanka Charges 25 Suspects In Easter Sunday Bombings
Sri Lanka has filed 23,270 charges against 25 people in connection with the deadly 2019 Easter Sunday attacks that killed over 270 people, including 11 Indians, the president's office said on Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka Arrests MP Rishad Bathiudeen, His Brother Over Easter Attacks
Sri Lanka's police Saturday arrested a top Muslim leader and member of parliament in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks that killed 279 people as pressure to speed up the investigation mounted.
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Mastermind Of 2019 Easter Terror Attacks Identified: Sri Lankan Minister
A top Sri Lankan minister said on Tuesday that a radical cleric, who is now under detention, has been identified as the mastermind of the deadly Easter Sunday attacks in 2019 that killed 270 people, including 11 Indians.
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Probe Into Sri Lanka Attacks Finds Ex-President Should Face Charges
Sri Lanka's ex-president and his intelligence chiefs should be prosecuted for failing to prevent suicide bombings two years ago on Easter Sunday that killed 279 people, according to an investigation released Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka Church 'Forgives' 2019 Suicide Bombers Who Killed 279 People
Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church said Sunday it had forgiven the suicide bombers behind the attacks that killed at least 279 people last Easter.
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"India A Friend, Helped Sri Lanka Fight Terrorism": Mahinda Rajapaksa
Calling India a "long-standing friend", Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for visiting his country in the aftermath of last year's Easter Sunday terror attacks and outlined that New Delhi has always helped Colombo in its fight against terrorism.
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Why India Should Be Concerned About Elections In Sri Lanka
Sri Lankans trickled into polling centres early on Saturday to choose a new president for the island-nation still struggling to recover from Easter Sunday attacks on hotels and churches in April this year that have heavily weighed on its tourism-dependent economy.
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Sri Lanka Suspends 2 Top Officials Over False Warning About Terror Attack
Sri Lanka's police Tuesday suspended two senior officers for falsely warning of a suicide attack similar to the Easter Sunday bombings that killed at least 258 people in April.
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Easter Sunday Attack Suspects Should Be Hanged: Sri Lanka President
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has demanded death sentence to all the suspects arrested in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks, amid his differences with the governing coalition over reintroduction of capital punishment after four decades.
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International Drug Dealers Behind Sri Lanka Easter Bombings: President
International drug syndicates orchestrated Sri Lanka's deadly Easter Sunday bombings, the country's leader claimed Monday, despite earlier blaming the attacks on Islamists.
