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Nigeria Church Attack: Gunmen Kill 'Many' Worshippers
Gunmen with explosives stormed a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria's Ondo state on Sunday, killing "many" worshippers and wounding others, the government and police said.
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Ex-Pope Benedict Under Scrutiny In German Probe Into Child Sex Abuse
A potentially explosive report into the handling of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church will on Thursday be published in Germany, with former pope Benedict XVI among those in the spotlight.
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Woman Among 9 Bombers, Says Lanka Minister; Number Of Deaths Rises To 359
One of the nine suicide bombers who targeted hotels and churches in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday was a woman, the country's deputy defence minister said, news agency Reuters reported.
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On Video, Blast In Van Near Colombo Church When Officials Defused Bomb
An explosion went off on Monday in a van near a church in Sri Lanka where scores were killed the previous day, when bomb squad officials were trying to defuse it, a Reuters witness said.
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Sri Lanka Suicide Bomber Queued At Hotel Buffet, Then Set Off The Blast
The suicide bomber waited patiently in a queue for the Easter Sunday breakfast buffet at Sri Lanka's Cinnamon Grand hotel before setting off explosives strapped to his back.
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Sri Lanka Timeline: How Explosions Wrought Devastation On Easter Sunday
Across Sri Lanka on Sunday morning, travelers and worshippers settled in at tables for breakfast and into pews at churches on the country's east and west coasts. Then the explosions began.
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Kerala Woman, In Sri Lanka To Meet Relatives, Dies In Bomb Blasts
Sri Lanka Bomb Blasts: A Kerala woman on holiday in Sri Lanka died in the blasts on Easter Sunday. She was among the 207 people who died in a string of bomb blasts at high-end hotels and churches in Columbo this morning.
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"Pieces Of Flesh Thrown All Over Walls": Lanka Church Blast Witness
The St. Sebastian's Church in the western coastal town of Negombo bore the brunt of a series of powerful blasts across Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, with a top priest saying pieces of flesh were thrown all over the walls, on the sanctuary and even outside the church.
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Multiple Blasts In Sri Lanka Kill 207, Air Force Defuses IED At Airport: Updates
In a series of eight devastating bomb blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka on Sunday, killing at least 207 people, including dozens of foreigners.
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207 Dead In Serial Blasts In Sri Lanka's Worst Violence Since Civil War
A series of eight devastating bomb blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka on Sunday, killing 207 people, including dozens of foreigners. Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe condemned the attacks - the worst act of violence since the end of Sri Lanka's civil war a decade ago - as "cowardly...
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Blast Outside Athens Church; Police Officer, Caretaker Injured
A homemade explosive device went off early Thursday in front of a church in central Athens injuring its caretaker and a police officer, the police said. The explosion happened at 7:10 am (0510 GMT) in the upmarket Kolonaki area, they added.
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Two Suicide Bombers Blow Themselves Up At Indonesian Police Headquarter: Authorities
An explosion ripped through a police headquarters in Indonesia's second biggest city Surabaya on Monday claiming at least one casualty, authorities said, just a day after a wave of suicide bombings on churches killed at least 14 and injured dozens more.
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Indonesian Priest Injured In Church Attack
A knife-wielding man stabbed a Catholic priest and tried to set off an explosive device at a church in Indonesia on Sunday, police said, the latest attack on religious minorities in the mainly Muslim country.
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Indonesian Priest Injured In Church Attack
A knife-wielding man stabbed a Catholic priest and tried to set off an explosive device at a church in Indonesia on Sunday, police said, the latest attack on religious minorities in the mainly Muslim country.
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Explosives Found at Church in Jos, Central Nigeria: Police
Explosives were found at a church in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday, police and the Red Cross told AFP, adding that the device went off but there were no casualties.
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Nigeria Church Attack: Gunmen Kill 'Many' Worshippers
Gunmen with explosives stormed a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria's Ondo state on Sunday, killing "many" worshippers and wounding others, the government and police said.
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Ex-Pope Benedict Under Scrutiny In German Probe Into Child Sex Abuse
A potentially explosive report into the handling of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church will on Thursday be published in Germany, with former pope Benedict XVI among those in the spotlight.
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Woman Among 9 Bombers, Says Lanka Minister; Number Of Deaths Rises To 359
One of the nine suicide bombers who targeted hotels and churches in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday was a woman, the country's deputy defence minister said, news agency Reuters reported.
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On Video, Blast In Van Near Colombo Church When Officials Defused Bomb
An explosion went off on Monday in a van near a church in Sri Lanka where scores were killed the previous day, when bomb squad officials were trying to defuse it, a Reuters witness said.
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Sri Lanka Suicide Bomber Queued At Hotel Buffet, Then Set Off The Blast
The suicide bomber waited patiently in a queue for the Easter Sunday breakfast buffet at Sri Lanka's Cinnamon Grand hotel before setting off explosives strapped to his back.
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Sri Lanka Timeline: How Explosions Wrought Devastation On Easter Sunday
Across Sri Lanka on Sunday morning, travelers and worshippers settled in at tables for breakfast and into pews at churches on the country's east and west coasts. Then the explosions began.
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Kerala Woman, In Sri Lanka To Meet Relatives, Dies In Bomb Blasts
Sri Lanka Bomb Blasts: A Kerala woman on holiday in Sri Lanka died in the blasts on Easter Sunday. She was among the 207 people who died in a string of bomb blasts at high-end hotels and churches in Columbo this morning.
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"Pieces Of Flesh Thrown All Over Walls": Lanka Church Blast Witness
The St. Sebastian's Church in the western coastal town of Negombo bore the brunt of a series of powerful blasts across Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, with a top priest saying pieces of flesh were thrown all over the walls, on the sanctuary and even outside the church.
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Multiple Blasts In Sri Lanka Kill 207, Air Force Defuses IED At Airport: Updates
In a series of eight devastating bomb blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka on Sunday, killing at least 207 people, including dozens of foreigners.
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207 Dead In Serial Blasts In Sri Lanka's Worst Violence Since Civil War
A series of eight devastating bomb blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka on Sunday, killing 207 people, including dozens of foreigners. Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe condemned the attacks - the worst act of violence since the end of Sri Lanka's civil war a decade ago - as "cowardly...
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Blast Outside Athens Church; Police Officer, Caretaker Injured
A homemade explosive device went off early Thursday in front of a church in central Athens injuring its caretaker and a police officer, the police said. The explosion happened at 7:10 am (0510 GMT) in the upmarket Kolonaki area, they added.
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Two Suicide Bombers Blow Themselves Up At Indonesian Police Headquarter: Authorities
An explosion ripped through a police headquarters in Indonesia's second biggest city Surabaya on Monday claiming at least one casualty, authorities said, just a day after a wave of suicide bombings on churches killed at least 14 and injured dozens more.
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Indonesian Priest Injured In Church Attack
A knife-wielding man stabbed a Catholic priest and tried to set off an explosive device at a church in Indonesia on Sunday, police said, the latest attack on religious minorities in the mainly Muslim country.
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Indonesian Priest Injured In Church Attack
A knife-wielding man stabbed a Catholic priest and tried to set off an explosive device at a church in Indonesia on Sunday, police said, the latest attack on religious minorities in the mainly Muslim country.
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Explosives Found at Church in Jos, Central Nigeria: Police
Explosives were found at a church in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday, police and the Red Cross told AFP, adding that the device went off but there were no casualties.
