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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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Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Thanks PM Modi For Help Over Easter Blasts
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for providing "all the help" in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday bombings that killed nearly 260 people.
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New Amendments In Place, NIA To Probe Sri Lanka Blast Links In India
The National Investigating Agency is all set to register its first case related to the Sri Lanka blasts, with the centre on Thursday notifying the NIA Amendment Bill that cleared parliament last week.
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Sri Lanka Parliament Official Arrested Over Links To Easter Sunday Blasts
A Sri Lankan parliament official was among six people arrested for their alleged links to the banned terror group, National Thawheed Jammath (NTJ), which carried out the deadly suicide attacks on Easter Sunday, a senior police official said on Monday.
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Sri Lanka School Principal, Teacher Arrested For Link To Terror Attack
Sri Lankan Police said Friday they have arrested a school principal and a teacher for their alleged links to the local Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jamaath (NTJ) blamed by the government for the deadly Easter Sunday bombings which killed nearly 260 people.
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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 Bomber Was Radicalised By British-Pakistani Preacher In UK
One of the Easter Sunday suicide bombers, who attempted to bomb the luxury Taj Samudra hotel in Sri Lanka capital Colombo, was radicalised by British-Pakistani radical preacher Anjem Choudary while he was studying at a university in London, according to a media report.
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Sri Lanka Catholics Hold First Sunday Mass After Easter Attacks
Thousands of Catholics attended mass in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo Sunday amid tight security to prevent a repeat of Easter bomb attacks that killed 258 people.
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Court Orders DNA Test To Verify Death Of Sri Lanka Blasts Mastermind
A Sri Lankan court has ordered a DNA test before May 15 to verify the death of Zahran Hashim, the ring leader of the local terror group NTJ which the government blamed carried out the devastating Easter Sunday bombings killing over 250 people.
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Tourism Suffers In Sri Lanka After Bomb Blasts Targeting Hotels, Churches
Tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka tumbled 7.5 percent in April from a year ago, as travellers shunned the island nation after the deadly Easter Sunday bombings, a senior official of the state tourism bureau said.
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No Record To Suggest That Some Sri Lanka Bombers Visited Kashmir: Top Cop
Jammu and Kashmir Police chief Dilbag Singh Sunday said there was no record to suggest that any of the suicide bombers, who carried out the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, had visited Kashmir as claimed by the Army chief of the island nation.
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"Save Us From The Satans": Sri Lanka Church Attack Survivors Pray
A dozen rifle-toting soldiers guarded a small community hall as day broke in the eastern Sri Lankan town of Batticaloa on Sunday morning.
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Sri Lanka Police Discover Suspected Training Camp For Terrorists
Sri Lankan police on Sunday discovered a 10-acre camp in the eastern town of Kattankudy, where terrorists linked to the deadly Easter attacks are believed to have practiced shooting and bombmaking.
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Bombers Visited Kashmir, Kerala Before Attacks, Says Sri Lanka Army Chief
Some of the suicide bombers who carried out the last month's devastating attacks in Sri Lanka visited Kashmir and Kerala for "some sort of training" or to "make some more links" with other foreign outfits, the country's army chief claimed on Saturday.
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Sri Lanka Church Cancels Mass Amid Fears Of Fresh Attack
Sri Lanka's Catholic Church scrapped plans to resume Sunday services following a "specific threat" against two religious locations after the deadly Easter attacks.
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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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Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Thanks PM Modi For Help Over Easter Blasts
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for providing "all the help" in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday bombings that killed nearly 260 people.
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New Amendments In Place, NIA To Probe Sri Lanka Blast Links In India
The National Investigating Agency is all set to register its first case related to the Sri Lanka blasts, with the centre on Thursday notifying the NIA Amendment Bill that cleared parliament last week.
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Sri Lanka Parliament Official Arrested Over Links To Easter Sunday Blasts
A Sri Lankan parliament official was among six people arrested for their alleged links to the banned terror group, National Thawheed Jammath (NTJ), which carried out the deadly suicide attacks on Easter Sunday, a senior police official said on Monday.
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Sri Lanka School Principal, Teacher Arrested For Link To Terror Attack
Sri Lankan Police said Friday they have arrested a school principal and a teacher for their alleged links to the local Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jamaath (NTJ) blamed by the government for the deadly Easter Sunday bombings which killed nearly 260 people.
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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 Bomber Was Radicalised By British-Pakistani Preacher In UK
One of the Easter Sunday suicide bombers, who attempted to bomb the luxury Taj Samudra hotel in Sri Lanka capital Colombo, was radicalised by British-Pakistani radical preacher Anjem Choudary while he was studying at a university in London, according to a media report.
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Sri Lanka Catholics Hold First Sunday Mass After Easter Attacks
Thousands of Catholics attended mass in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo Sunday amid tight security to prevent a repeat of Easter bomb attacks that killed 258 people.
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Court Orders DNA Test To Verify Death Of Sri Lanka Blasts Mastermind
A Sri Lankan court has ordered a DNA test before May 15 to verify the death of Zahran Hashim, the ring leader of the local terror group NTJ which the government blamed carried out the devastating Easter Sunday bombings killing over 250 people.
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Tourism Suffers In Sri Lanka After Bomb Blasts Targeting Hotels, Churches
Tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka tumbled 7.5 percent in April from a year ago, as travellers shunned the island nation after the deadly Easter Sunday bombings, a senior official of the state tourism bureau said.
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No Record To Suggest That Some Sri Lanka Bombers Visited Kashmir: Top Cop
Jammu and Kashmir Police chief Dilbag Singh Sunday said there was no record to suggest that any of the suicide bombers, who carried out the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, had visited Kashmir as claimed by the Army chief of the island nation.
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"Save Us From The Satans": Sri Lanka Church Attack Survivors Pray
A dozen rifle-toting soldiers guarded a small community hall as day broke in the eastern Sri Lankan town of Batticaloa on Sunday morning.
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Sri Lanka Police Discover Suspected Training Camp For Terrorists
Sri Lankan police on Sunday discovered a 10-acre camp in the eastern town of Kattankudy, where terrorists linked to the deadly Easter attacks are believed to have practiced shooting and bombmaking.
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Bombers Visited Kashmir, Kerala Before Attacks, Says Sri Lanka Army Chief
Some of the suicide bombers who carried out the last month's devastating attacks in Sri Lanka visited Kashmir and Kerala for "some sort of training" or to "make some more links" with other foreign outfits, the country's army chief claimed on Saturday.
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Sri Lanka Church Cancels Mass Amid Fears Of Fresh Attack
Sri Lanka's Catholic Church scrapped plans to resume Sunday services following a "specific threat" against two religious locations after the deadly Easter attacks.
