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Sri Lanka Extends Emergency For Fourth Month After Easter Bombings
Sri Lanka on Monday extended a law granting security forces emergency powers for a fourth month following the Easter Day bomb attacks on hotels and churches that killed more than 250 people.
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Didn't Get Report On Terrorists Travelling to India: Sri Lanka President
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena today said he has not received any report that the suicide bombers involved in the Easter Sunday terror attacks had travelled to India.
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Sri Lanka President Slams Intelligence Chief Over Easter Attack Testimony
Sri Lanka's president publicly rebuked his intelligence chief on Thursday after he told a parliamentary panel that the Easter suicide bombings in which 258 people died could have been avoided.
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ISIS Chose Sri Lanka As Target To Tell The World That It Exists: President Sirisena
The ISIS terror group chose Sri Lanka to stage a massive attack on Easter Sunday to tell the world that they exist, President Maithripala Sirisena said today, amid reports that the plot was hatched in war-torn Syria way back in 2017.
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"Leave My Country Alone": Lankan President's Message To ISIS After Blasts
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said a foreign mastermind may have planned the Easter Sunday bombings, claimed by Islamic State, telling the terrorist group to "leave my country alone".
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Sri Lankan Police Looking For 140 With ISIS Links: President
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said on Friday police are looking for 140 people believed to have links with the ISIS group over the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels that killed at least 253 people.
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Islamic State Says Its Fighters Carried Out Sri Lanka Attacks
Sri Lanka would not allow the attacks to lead to another war: Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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Court Dismisses Plea To Check Maithripala Sirisena's Mental Health
A top Sri Lankan court today dismissed a petition seeking mental health assessment of President Maithripala Sirisena for his sacking of Ranil Wickremesinghe as PM, a controversial decision which plunged the country into an unprecedented political crisis
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Sri Lanka PM Confident Issues With President Sirisena Will Be Resolved
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said there are some differences of opinion with President Maithripala Sirisena on the ministerial appointments, but he is confident the issues will be resolved.
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Sri Lanka President Names New Cabinet To End Political Crisis
Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena named a 30-member cabinet Thursday to end a crippling seven-week power struggle with his prime minister, but only after a final tussle over who should control the police.
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As Ex-Premier Returns, Calls for Sri Lanka Election Grow Louder
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena caved into mounting pressure and reinstated Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister.
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Sri Lanka Crisis: Rajapaksa To Resign From Premiership On Dec. 15
Mahinda Rajapaksa to resign on Saturday for political stability in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka Court Restrains Rajapaksa Acting as Prime Minister
Court issues order after 122 members of Sri Lanka’s parliament filed a legal action challenging Rajapaksa’s authority as PM.
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Looking For "Dignified Exit", Lanka President May Not Dissolve Parliament
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena is considering dropping an attempt to dissolve parliament, sources close to the president said, possibly easing weeks of political deadlock.
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Sri Lanka MPs Boycott Parliament As Political Crisis Drags On
Allies of Sri Lanka's embattled president Maithripala Sirisena boycotted parliament Today as the country drifted into a second month of political turmoil.
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Sri Lanka Extends Emergency For Fourth Month After Easter Bombings
Sri Lanka on Monday extended a law granting security forces emergency powers for a fourth month following the Easter Day bomb attacks on hotels and churches that killed more than 250 people.
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Didn't Get Report On Terrorists Travelling to India: Sri Lanka President
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena today said he has not received any report that the suicide bombers involved in the Easter Sunday terror attacks had travelled to India.
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Sri Lanka President Slams Intelligence Chief Over Easter Attack Testimony
Sri Lanka's president publicly rebuked his intelligence chief on Thursday after he told a parliamentary panel that the Easter suicide bombings in which 258 people died could have been avoided.
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ISIS Chose Sri Lanka As Target To Tell The World That It Exists: President Sirisena
The ISIS terror group chose Sri Lanka to stage a massive attack on Easter Sunday to tell the world that they exist, President Maithripala Sirisena said today, amid reports that the plot was hatched in war-torn Syria way back in 2017.
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"Leave My Country Alone": Lankan President's Message To ISIS After Blasts
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said a foreign mastermind may have planned the Easter Sunday bombings, claimed by Islamic State, telling the terrorist group to "leave my country alone".
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Sri Lankan Police Looking For 140 With ISIS Links: President
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said on Friday police are looking for 140 people believed to have links with the ISIS group over the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels that killed at least 253 people.
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Islamic State Says Its Fighters Carried Out Sri Lanka Attacks
Sri Lanka would not allow the attacks to lead to another war: Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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Court Dismisses Plea To Check Maithripala Sirisena's Mental Health
A top Sri Lankan court today dismissed a petition seeking mental health assessment of President Maithripala Sirisena for his sacking of Ranil Wickremesinghe as PM, a controversial decision which plunged the country into an unprecedented political crisis
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Sri Lanka PM Confident Issues With President Sirisena Will Be Resolved
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said there are some differences of opinion with President Maithripala Sirisena on the ministerial appointments, but he is confident the issues will be resolved.
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Sri Lanka President Names New Cabinet To End Political Crisis
Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena named a 30-member cabinet Thursday to end a crippling seven-week power struggle with his prime minister, but only after a final tussle over who should control the police.
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As Ex-Premier Returns, Calls for Sri Lanka Election Grow Louder
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena caved into mounting pressure and reinstated Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister.
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Sri Lanka Crisis: Rajapaksa To Resign From Premiership On Dec. 15
Mahinda Rajapaksa to resign on Saturday for political stability in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka Court Restrains Rajapaksa Acting as Prime Minister
Court issues order after 122 members of Sri Lanka’s parliament filed a legal action challenging Rajapaksa’s authority as PM.
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Looking For "Dignified Exit", Lanka President May Not Dissolve Parliament
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena is considering dropping an attempt to dissolve parliament, sources close to the president said, possibly easing weeks of political deadlock.
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Sri Lanka MPs Boycott Parliament As Political Crisis Drags On
Allies of Sri Lanka's embattled president Maithripala Sirisena boycotted parliament Today as the country drifted into a second month of political turmoil.
