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"Rohit Ka Chela...": Ex-India Star's Explosive Remark On 'Great Leader' Suryakumar Yadav
India completed a 3-0 clean-sweep in the T20I series against Sri Lanka with a thrilling super over victory in their final match on Tuesday.
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Cricket World Cup - "I Was At War": Shakib Al Hasan's Explosive Reply On 'Timed Out' Dismissal of Angelo Mathews
Angelo Mathews and Shakib Al Hasan got a permanent place in the cricket history as the duo was involved in one of the rarest dismissals in cricket, that too in a Cricket World Cup match
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No Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav? Mohammad Kaif Leads Reactions As India Snub Explosive Duo For 1st ODI
There was no place for Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav as the Indian team for the first ODI vs Sri Lanka was announced.
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India Have Several Top Order Batters, Everyone Will Have Chances: Harmanpreet Kaur
Elegant left-hander Smriti Mandhana, explosive Shafali Verma, Sabbhineni Meghana and Yastika Bhatia are all top-order batters in India's 15-player squad against Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka Minister Slams Police Probe On 2011 Cricket World Cup
Sri Lankan police "botched" an investigation into the 2011 cricket World Cup final which the country lost to India, a senior minister told parliament Tuesday, reviving an explosive match-fixing controversy.
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Sri Lanka "Sold" 2011 Cricket World Cup Final, Says Former Sports Minister
Sri Lanka "sold" the 2011 World Cup final to India, the country's former sports minister said on Thursday, reviving one of cricket's most explosive match-fixing controversies.
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'Mother Of Satan' Bombs Show Foreign Hand In Lanka Attacks: Investigators
One month after the Sri Lanka suicide attacks that killed more than 250 people, investigators have told AFP the bombers used "Mother of Satan" explosives favoured by the ISIS group that are a new sign of foreign involvement.
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Terrorists Used "Easily Available Chemicals" To Make Bombs: Sri Lanka PM
The suicide bombers behind the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka assembled easily-available chemicals to make explosives, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said, as authorities probe how terrorists acquired the technical knowledge.
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The Western-Educated Bomber Who Botched Sri Lanka Hotel Attack
His target was the breakfast buffet at the Taj Samudra, a luxury hotel on Colombo's seafront. Instead, he ended up detonating his explosive device in a budget motel by the city's zoo, killing a couple who had arrived only half an hour earlier.
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No Law In Sri Lanka To Prevent People From Joining Foreign Terror Outfits
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Sky News on Thursday that the Sri Lankan government had known that Sri Lankan nationals who had joined the Islamic State had returned to the country - but that they couldn't be arrested, since joining a foreign terrorist organization is not against the law.
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Explosion In Sri Lankan Town Near Colombo, No Casualties: Police
Sri Lanka bomb blast: An explosion occurred in a town east of the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, on Thursday but there were no casualties, a police spokesman said.
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Why No One Expected An ISIS Attack In Sri Lanka
The Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka stunned many, and not only because they marked the worst violence in the country in a decade. Or because the terrorists targeted Christians and foreign tourists, two groups that, for the most part, were spared during Sri Lanka's three decades of civil war. Or because the attacks were coordinated, with explosiv...
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The Wealthy Family Behind Sri Lanka Suicide Attacks That Killed Over 350
Sri Lankan housewife Fathima Fazla thought of her neighbours in the grand three-storey home across the street as the wealthy celebrities of her humble Colombo suburb. She had no idea how infamous they would become.
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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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Opinion: Sri Lanka Attacks Are Terrorism 3.0, The Highly Lethal Mark of ISIS
The attacks were conducted with suicide bombers and improvised explosive devices, executed at a level that seems far beyond the capabilities of the Sri Lankan radical Islamic splinter group Nations Thawahid Jaman that has claimed responsibility.
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"Rohit Ka Chela...": Ex-India Star's Explosive Remark On 'Great Leader' Suryakumar Yadav
India completed a 3-0 clean-sweep in the T20I series against Sri Lanka with a thrilling super over victory in their final match on Tuesday.
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Cricket World Cup - "I Was At War": Shakib Al Hasan's Explosive Reply On 'Timed Out' Dismissal of Angelo Mathews
Angelo Mathews and Shakib Al Hasan got a permanent place in the cricket history as the duo was involved in one of the rarest dismissals in cricket, that too in a Cricket World Cup match
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No Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav? Mohammad Kaif Leads Reactions As India Snub Explosive Duo For 1st ODI
There was no place for Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav as the Indian team for the first ODI vs Sri Lanka was announced.
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India Have Several Top Order Batters, Everyone Will Have Chances: Harmanpreet Kaur
Elegant left-hander Smriti Mandhana, explosive Shafali Verma, Sabbhineni Meghana and Yastika Bhatia are all top-order batters in India's 15-player squad against Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka Minister Slams Police Probe On 2011 Cricket World Cup
Sri Lankan police "botched" an investigation into the 2011 cricket World Cup final which the country lost to India, a senior minister told parliament Tuesday, reviving an explosive match-fixing controversy.
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Sri Lanka "Sold" 2011 Cricket World Cup Final, Says Former Sports Minister
Sri Lanka "sold" the 2011 World Cup final to India, the country's former sports minister said on Thursday, reviving one of cricket's most explosive match-fixing controversies.
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'Mother Of Satan' Bombs Show Foreign Hand In Lanka Attacks: Investigators
One month after the Sri Lanka suicide attacks that killed more than 250 people, investigators have told AFP the bombers used "Mother of Satan" explosives favoured by the ISIS group that are a new sign of foreign involvement.
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Terrorists Used "Easily Available Chemicals" To Make Bombs: Sri Lanka PM
The suicide bombers behind the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka assembled easily-available chemicals to make explosives, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said, as authorities probe how terrorists acquired the technical knowledge.
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The Western-Educated Bomber Who Botched Sri Lanka Hotel Attack
His target was the breakfast buffet at the Taj Samudra, a luxury hotel on Colombo's seafront. Instead, he ended up detonating his explosive device in a budget motel by the city's zoo, killing a couple who had arrived only half an hour earlier.
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No Law In Sri Lanka To Prevent People From Joining Foreign Terror Outfits
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Sky News on Thursday that the Sri Lankan government had known that Sri Lankan nationals who had joined the Islamic State had returned to the country - but that they couldn't be arrested, since joining a foreign terrorist organization is not against the law.
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Explosion In Sri Lankan Town Near Colombo, No Casualties: Police
Sri Lanka bomb blast: An explosion occurred in a town east of the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, on Thursday but there were no casualties, a police spokesman said.
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Why No One Expected An ISIS Attack In Sri Lanka
The Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka stunned many, and not only because they marked the worst violence in the country in a decade. Or because the terrorists targeted Christians and foreign tourists, two groups that, for the most part, were spared during Sri Lanka's three decades of civil war. Or because the attacks were coordinated, with explosiv...
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The Wealthy Family Behind Sri Lanka Suicide Attacks That Killed Over 350
Sri Lankan housewife Fathima Fazla thought of her neighbours in the grand three-storey home across the street as the wealthy celebrities of her humble Colombo suburb. She had no idea how infamous they would become.
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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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Opinion: Sri Lanka Attacks Are Terrorism 3.0, The Highly Lethal Mark of ISIS
The attacks were conducted with suicide bombers and improvised explosive devices, executed at a level that seems far beyond the capabilities of the Sri Lankan radical Islamic splinter group Nations Thawahid Jaman that has claimed responsibility.
