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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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Kumar Sangakkara Optimistic Sri Lanka Will Stage England Series Despite Attacks
Kumar Sangakkara lamented some Pakistan players had never played a Test in their own country and hoped his own nation would not face a similar fate.
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Sri Lanka Gets Long-Delayed $164 Million Loan Installment From IMF
The International Monetary Fund Tuesday released a long-delayed loan instalment to Sri Lanka, providing financial relief to a government still reeling from the Easter Sunday bombings that claimed 258 lives.
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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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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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About 200 Children Lose Family Members In Sri Lanka's Easter Bombings
About 200 children in Sri Lanka have lost their family members, some of them sole breadwinners, in the massive Easter Sunday bombings, according to a leading charity organisation.
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Sri Lanka Says More ISIS Terror Attacks Can't Be Ruled Out
Investigators have dismantled a major part of the network linked to Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Tuesday, but warned the chance of further ISIS terrorist attacks could not be ruled out.
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Christian-Muslim Clashes Rock Easter Attacks Town In Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church appealed for calm and an alcohol ban Monday after clashes between Christians and Muslims in a town scarred by the Easter suicide attacks.
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Schools Re-Open Amid Fears Of More Terrorist Attacks In Sri Lanka
State schools in Sri Lanka resumed classes on Monday amid tight security after the Easter Sunday bombings, but many anxious parents kept their children at home over fears of more attacks by ISIS terrorists.
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Guns Outnumber Guests At Bombed Cinnamon Grand Colombo Hotel In Sri Lanka
At the Cinnamon Grand Colombo, one of six Sri Lankan targets hit by suicide bombers on Easter Sunday, the silence that reigns is not just the usual hush of a plush hotel.
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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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Kumar Sangakkara Optimistic Sri Lanka Will Stage England Series Despite Attacks
Kumar Sangakkara lamented some Pakistan players had never played a Test in their own country and hoped his own nation would not face a similar fate.
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Sri Lanka Gets Long-Delayed $164 Million Loan Installment From IMF
The International Monetary Fund Tuesday released a long-delayed loan instalment to Sri Lanka, providing financial relief to a government still reeling from the Easter Sunday bombings that claimed 258 lives.
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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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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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About 200 Children Lose Family Members In Sri Lanka's Easter Bombings
About 200 children in Sri Lanka have lost their family members, some of them sole breadwinners, in the massive Easter Sunday bombings, according to a leading charity organisation.
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Sri Lanka Says More ISIS Terror Attacks Can't Be Ruled Out
Investigators have dismantled a major part of the network linked to Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Tuesday, but warned the chance of further ISIS terrorist attacks could not be ruled out.
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Christian-Muslim Clashes Rock Easter Attacks Town In Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church appealed for calm and an alcohol ban Monday after clashes between Christians and Muslims in a town scarred by the Easter suicide attacks.
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Schools Re-Open Amid Fears Of More Terrorist Attacks In Sri Lanka
State schools in Sri Lanka resumed classes on Monday amid tight security after the Easter Sunday bombings, but many anxious parents kept their children at home over fears of more attacks by ISIS terrorists.
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Guns Outnumber Guests At Bombed Cinnamon Grand Colombo Hotel In Sri Lanka
At the Cinnamon Grand Colombo, one of six Sri Lankan targets hit by suicide bombers on Easter Sunday, the silence that reigns is not just the usual hush of a plush hotel.
