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Sri Lanka Government Orders Nationwide Curfew For Second Night
Sri Lanka's police declared Tuesday a nationwide curfew for a second night running, after anti-Muslim riots killed one man and left dozens of shops, homes and mosques damaged.
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Sri Lanka Blocks Social Media After Facebook Post Sparks Anti-Muslim Riot
Several dozen people threw stones at mosques and Muslim-owned stores and a man was beaten in the Christian-majority town of Chilaw on the west coast on Sunday in a dispute that started on Facebook, sources told Reuters.
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Mosques Attacked In Sri Lanka Town After Facebook Row, Curfew Imposed
Several dozen people threw stones at mosques and Muslim-owned stores and a local man was beaten in the town of Chilaw on Sri Lanka's west coast on Sunday in a dispute that started on Facebook, sources told Reuters.
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The Remote Sri Lankan Enclave That Produced The Mastermind Of A Massacre
To enter this seaside town, visitors pass through a soaring arched gateway bearing messages of welcome and verses in Arabic calligraphy. Beyond it is a city of narrow streets and dozens of mosques, an island of Islamic life in a predominantly Buddhist country.
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Guarded By Soldiers, Lankan Muslims Pray For Peace Amid Fear Of Reprisals
As the Islamic call to prayer echoed through the subdued streets of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, crowds of Muslims were greeted with an unusual sight: their golden-domed mosque flanked by soldiers armed with assault rifles.
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No Intelligence Linking Sri Lanka Attacks To Christchurch: New Zealand PM
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday that her government was not aware of any intelligence suggesting that a devastating attack on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka was in retaliation for deadly shootings on a mosques in Christchurch.
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Sri Lanka Attacks "Retaliation For Christchurch", Shows Probe: Minister
An initial probe into deadly suicide bomb attacks in Sri Lanka that killed more than 300 people shows it was "retaliation for Christchurch," the country's deputy defence minister said Tuesday.
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Facebook Staff To Learn Sinhala Insults After Sri Lanka Riots
The social network has been seeking penance in Sri Lanka after authorities blocked Facebook in March as incendiary posts by Buddhist hardliners fanned religious violence that left three people dead and reduced hundreds of mosques, homes and businesses to ashes.
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The Latest On Sri Lanka Crisis And Violence Against Muslims: 10 Facts
An indefinite curfew in the Sri Lankan town of Kandy will be temporarily lifted today, authorities said, following days of violence against members of the minority Muslim community by Buddhists. Buddhist mobs attacked mosques and Muslim businesses in Kandy since an altercation between members of the two communities over the weekend, prompting Presi...
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Instagram's Famous #FollowMeTo Couple Just Got Married. And the Photos Are Stunning
Photographer Murad Osmann has followed his muse Natalia Zakharova down the aisle and this time too, their photos are out-of-this-world gorgeous.
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Curfew in Colombo as tensions rise after mosque attack
Sri Lankan police clamped a fresh curfew on a Colombo neighbourhood on Sunday, a day after a Buddhist-led mob vandalised a mosque in an incident that raised religious tensions and sparked US concern.
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Buddhist mob attacks Sri Lankan mosque, 12 injured
A Buddhist mob attacked a mosque in Sri Lanka's capital and at least 12 people were injured, the latest in a series of attacks on the minority Muslim community by members of the Buddhist majority.
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Sri Lanka Government Orders Nationwide Curfew For Second Night
Sri Lanka's police declared Tuesday a nationwide curfew for a second night running, after anti-Muslim riots killed one man and left dozens of shops, homes and mosques damaged.
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Sri Lanka Blocks Social Media After Facebook Post Sparks Anti-Muslim Riot
Several dozen people threw stones at mosques and Muslim-owned stores and a man was beaten in the Christian-majority town of Chilaw on the west coast on Sunday in a dispute that started on Facebook, sources told Reuters.
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Mosques Attacked In Sri Lanka Town After Facebook Row, Curfew Imposed
Several dozen people threw stones at mosques and Muslim-owned stores and a local man was beaten in the town of Chilaw on Sri Lanka's west coast on Sunday in a dispute that started on Facebook, sources told Reuters.
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The Remote Sri Lankan Enclave That Produced The Mastermind Of A Massacre
To enter this seaside town, visitors pass through a soaring arched gateway bearing messages of welcome and verses in Arabic calligraphy. Beyond it is a city of narrow streets and dozens of mosques, an island of Islamic life in a predominantly Buddhist country.
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Guarded By Soldiers, Lankan Muslims Pray For Peace Amid Fear Of Reprisals
As the Islamic call to prayer echoed through the subdued streets of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, crowds of Muslims were greeted with an unusual sight: their golden-domed mosque flanked by soldiers armed with assault rifles.
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No Intelligence Linking Sri Lanka Attacks To Christchurch: New Zealand PM
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday that her government was not aware of any intelligence suggesting that a devastating attack on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka was in retaliation for deadly shootings on a mosques in Christchurch.
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Sri Lanka Attacks "Retaliation For Christchurch", Shows Probe: Minister
An initial probe into deadly suicide bomb attacks in Sri Lanka that killed more than 300 people shows it was "retaliation for Christchurch," the country's deputy defence minister said Tuesday.
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Facebook Staff To Learn Sinhala Insults After Sri Lanka Riots
The social network has been seeking penance in Sri Lanka after authorities blocked Facebook in March as incendiary posts by Buddhist hardliners fanned religious violence that left three people dead and reduced hundreds of mosques, homes and businesses to ashes.
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The Latest On Sri Lanka Crisis And Violence Against Muslims: 10 Facts
An indefinite curfew in the Sri Lankan town of Kandy will be temporarily lifted today, authorities said, following days of violence against members of the minority Muslim community by Buddhists. Buddhist mobs attacked mosques and Muslim businesses in Kandy since an altercation between members of the two communities over the weekend, prompting Presi...
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Instagram's Famous #FollowMeTo Couple Just Got Married. And the Photos Are Stunning
Photographer Murad Osmann has followed his muse Natalia Zakharova down the aisle and this time too, their photos are out-of-this-world gorgeous.
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Curfew in Colombo as tensions rise after mosque attack
Sri Lankan police clamped a fresh curfew on a Colombo neighbourhood on Sunday, a day after a Buddhist-led mob vandalised a mosque in an incident that raised religious tensions and sparked US concern.
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Buddhist mob attacks Sri Lankan mosque, 12 injured
A Buddhist mob attacked a mosque in Sri Lanka's capital and at least 12 people were injured, the latest in a series of attacks on the minority Muslim community by members of the Buddhist majority.
