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Two Bombers Suspected In Indonesia Church Blast: Police
Two bombers are suspected in a blast that rocked an Indonesian cathedral Sunday as Christians inside celebrated the start of Holy Week, police said.
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Nine Wounded As Suspected Suicide Bomber Targets Indonesian Church Ahead Of Easter
A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Catholic church in the Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday, wounding nine people on the first day of the Easter Holy Week, police and a witness said.
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Catholic Schools In Sri Lanka To Reopen After Easter Bombings
Sri Lanka's Catholic Church on Thursday announced it will reopen its schools next week for the first time since Easter Sunday bombings killed 258 people.
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Sri Lanka To Air Sunday Mass On TV Fearing Repeat Of Suicide Bombings
Sri Lanka's Catholic Church will televise a private Sunday mass after cancelling regular services over fears of a repeat of Easter's suicide bombings, even as police and troops tightened security.
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Indian Coast Guard Tightens Security Surveillance After Lanka Blasts
The Indian Coast Guard has tightens Security surveillance and deployed more ships and aircraft for patrolling following a series of devastating blasts in Sri Lanka on Sunday.
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Wife, Sister Of Shangri La Hotel Bomber Killed In Separate Blast: Police
The wife and sister of the suicide bomber at the Shangri La Hotel in Sri Lanka were also killed in a separate suicide blast after a bomber blew himself up causing the concrete floor of a two-storey building to crash on them in a suburb in northern Colombo, police told a court on Monday.
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Sri Lankan Family Left Crowded Church. The Decision Saved Their Lives
When Dilip Fernando arrived at St Sebastian's church in Sri Lanka's Negombo on Easter Sunday, it was so crowded he went elsewhere for mass. The decision probably saved his life.
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Pope Decries War, Terrorism And Weapons As Condemns Egypt Blast
Pope Francis condemned a deadly blast at a church in Egypt and said at a Palm Sunday Mass that the world was suffering from wars, terrorism and "interests that are armed and ready to strike".
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At Least 21 Dead In Bombing At Egyptian Church
A bomb blast at a church north of Cairo killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens who had gathered for Palm Sunday mass, state media reported, in the latest apparent attack on Egypt's Coptic Christians.
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13 Hurt In Christmas Eve Blast Near Philippine Church
A blast ripped through a police car outside a Catholic church in the southern Philippines late Saturday, authorities said, wounding 13 people including a police officer.
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ISIS Claims Deadly Cairo Church Bombing
The ISIS group claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on a Cairo church that killed 25 people, in a statement circulated on social media on Tuesday.
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Egypt's Top Sunni Authority Condemns Cairo Church Blast That Killed 'At Least' 25
The head of Al-Azhar, Egypt's top Sunni authority, condemned a bomb blast on Sunday that killed at least 25 worshippers inside a Cairo church as "a great crime" against all Egyptians.
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Feel Great Pain Over Pakistan Church Attacks, Says Pope Francis
Pope Francis said he felt great pain over bomb attacks outside two churches in Pakistan on Sunday, departing from scripted remarks in his customary address to decry "persecution" of Christians.
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Peshawar church blast a result of wrong choice, says Pope Francis
Pope Francis on Sunday condemned a blast at a church in Pakistan that killed at least 78 people as an act of "hatred and war".
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36 dead in Nigeria church attacks, rioting
Multiple suicide attacks on churches in northern Nigeria and subsequent rioting by Christian youths targeting Muslims killed at least 36 people on Sunday, officials said.
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Two Bombers Suspected In Indonesia Church Blast: Police
Two bombers are suspected in a blast that rocked an Indonesian cathedral Sunday as Christians inside celebrated the start of Holy Week, police said.
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Nine Wounded As Suspected Suicide Bomber Targets Indonesian Church Ahead Of Easter
A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Catholic church in the Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday, wounding nine people on the first day of the Easter Holy Week, police and a witness said.
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Catholic Schools In Sri Lanka To Reopen After Easter Bombings
Sri Lanka's Catholic Church on Thursday announced it will reopen its schools next week for the first time since Easter Sunday bombings killed 258 people.
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Sri Lanka To Air Sunday Mass On TV Fearing Repeat Of Suicide Bombings
Sri Lanka's Catholic Church will televise a private Sunday mass after cancelling regular services over fears of a repeat of Easter's suicide bombings, even as police and troops tightened security.
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Indian Coast Guard Tightens Security Surveillance After Lanka Blasts
The Indian Coast Guard has tightens Security surveillance and deployed more ships and aircraft for patrolling following a series of devastating blasts in Sri Lanka on Sunday.
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Wife, Sister Of Shangri La Hotel Bomber Killed In Separate Blast: Police
The wife and sister of the suicide bomber at the Shangri La Hotel in Sri Lanka were also killed in a separate suicide blast after a bomber blew himself up causing the concrete floor of a two-storey building to crash on them in a suburb in northern Colombo, police told a court on Monday.
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Sri Lankan Family Left Crowded Church. The Decision Saved Their Lives
When Dilip Fernando arrived at St Sebastian's church in Sri Lanka's Negombo on Easter Sunday, it was so crowded he went elsewhere for mass. The decision probably saved his life.
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Pope Decries War, Terrorism And Weapons As Condemns Egypt Blast
Pope Francis condemned a deadly blast at a church in Egypt and said at a Palm Sunday Mass that the world was suffering from wars, terrorism and "interests that are armed and ready to strike".
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At Least 21 Dead In Bombing At Egyptian Church
A bomb blast at a church north of Cairo killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens who had gathered for Palm Sunday mass, state media reported, in the latest apparent attack on Egypt's Coptic Christians.
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13 Hurt In Christmas Eve Blast Near Philippine Church
A blast ripped through a police car outside a Catholic church in the southern Philippines late Saturday, authorities said, wounding 13 people including a police officer.
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ISIS Claims Deadly Cairo Church Bombing
The ISIS group claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on a Cairo church that killed 25 people, in a statement circulated on social media on Tuesday.
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Egypt's Top Sunni Authority Condemns Cairo Church Blast That Killed 'At Least' 25
The head of Al-Azhar, Egypt's top Sunni authority, condemned a bomb blast on Sunday that killed at least 25 worshippers inside a Cairo church as "a great crime" against all Egyptians.
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Feel Great Pain Over Pakistan Church Attacks, Says Pope Francis
Pope Francis said he felt great pain over bomb attacks outside two churches in Pakistan on Sunday, departing from scripted remarks in his customary address to decry "persecution" of Christians.
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Peshawar church blast a result of wrong choice, says Pope Francis
Pope Francis on Sunday condemned a blast at a church in Pakistan that killed at least 78 people as an act of "hatred and war".
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36 dead in Nigeria church attacks, rioting
Multiple suicide attacks on churches in northern Nigeria and subsequent rioting by Christian youths targeting Muslims killed at least 36 people on Sunday, officials said.
