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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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"Absurd": Ex-Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Denies Involvement In 2019 Easter Bombings
Sri Lanka's ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa refuted allegations made by a British television channel that the 2019 Easter suicide bombings that killed nearly 270 people were engineered by his loyalists to get him elected as president.
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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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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 Observes Silence For Victims On Easter Attacks Anniversary
Survivors of last year's devastating Islamist suicide bombings in Sri Lanka held a private anniversary service Tuesday because of a coronavirus lockdown as the nation paid tribute with a two-minute silence.
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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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Sri Lanka Ends Emergency 4 Months After Easter Blasts
Sri Lanka has ended a four-month state of emergency declared after Easter suicide bombings by Islamist extremists that killed 258 people, officials said Friday.
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India, China In Sri Lanka's Visa On Arrival Service Stopped After Bombing
Sri Lanka on Wednesday included India and China in the free visa on arrival scheme to revive the country's tourism sector which witnessed a slump following the Easter Sunday bombings.
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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 Policeman Defies President To Testify At Easter Attack Probe
A Sri Lankan police officer on Tuesday defied President Maithripala Sirisena and testified before a parliamentary investigation into the Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed 258 people.
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In Sri Lanka, PM Modi Makes Unscheduled Visit To Church Hit By Easter Bombing
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Sri Lanka this morning, made an unscheduled visit to a Catholic church that was bombed during the Easter suicide attacks in April.
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Sri Lanka President Sacks Intelligence Chief Over Easter Attacks Probe
Sri Lanka's president has sacked the national intelligence chief and will not cooperate with a parliamentary investigation into security lapses before the Easter suicide bombings, officials said Saturday.
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PM Modi First Foreign Leader To Visit Sri Lanka After Easter Bombings
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will briefly visit Sri Lanka on Sunday during which he will hold discussions with President Maithripala Sirisena, according to the president's office in Colombo.
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Sri Lanka Proposes New Law On Fake News After Easter Attacks
Sri Lanka's government will introduce five-year jail terms for those caught spreading fake news and hate speech on social media, the government said Wednesday, following a surge in online vitriol and disinformation after the Easter suicide attacks.
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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.
-
"Absurd": Ex-Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Denies Involvement In 2019 Easter Bombings
Sri Lanka's ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa refuted allegations made by a British television channel that the 2019 Easter suicide bombings that killed nearly 270 people were engineered by his loyalists to get him elected as president.
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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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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 Observes Silence For Victims On Easter Attacks Anniversary
Survivors of last year's devastating Islamist suicide bombings in Sri Lanka held a private anniversary service Tuesday because of a coronavirus lockdown as the nation paid tribute with a two-minute silence.
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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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Sri Lanka Ends Emergency 4 Months After Easter Blasts
Sri Lanka has ended a four-month state of emergency declared after Easter suicide bombings by Islamist extremists that killed 258 people, officials said Friday.
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India, China In Sri Lanka's Visa On Arrival Service Stopped After Bombing
Sri Lanka on Wednesday included India and China in the free visa on arrival scheme to revive the country's tourism sector which witnessed a slump following the Easter Sunday bombings.
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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 Policeman Defies President To Testify At Easter Attack Probe
A Sri Lankan police officer on Tuesday defied President Maithripala Sirisena and testified before a parliamentary investigation into the Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed 258 people.
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In Sri Lanka, PM Modi Makes Unscheduled Visit To Church Hit By Easter Bombing
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Sri Lanka this morning, made an unscheduled visit to a Catholic church that was bombed during the Easter suicide attacks in April.
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Sri Lanka President Sacks Intelligence Chief Over Easter Attacks Probe
Sri Lanka's president has sacked the national intelligence chief and will not cooperate with a parliamentary investigation into security lapses before the Easter suicide bombings, officials said Saturday.
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PM Modi First Foreign Leader To Visit Sri Lanka After Easter Bombings
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will briefly visit Sri Lanka on Sunday during which he will hold discussions with President Maithripala Sirisena, according to the president's office in Colombo.
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Sri Lanka Proposes New Law On Fake News After Easter Attacks
Sri Lanka's government will introduce five-year jail terms for those caught spreading fake news and hate speech on social media, the government said Wednesday, following a surge in online vitriol and disinformation after the Easter suicide attacks.
