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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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Fresh Advisory Issued On Visiting Sri Lanka In Aftermath Of Bombings
The external affairs ministry on Tuesday issued a fresh advisory asking citizens travelling to Sri Lanka to be careful and vigilant in view of last month's bombings in which over 250 people were killed.
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Sri Lanka Extends Emergency A Month After Suicide Bombings
Sri Lanka's president extended on Wednesday by a further month the state of emergency imposed immediately after the Easter Sunday bombings that killed 258 people.
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'Mother Of Satan' Bombs Show Foreign Hand In Lanka Attacks: Investigators
One month after the Sri Lanka suicide attacks that killed more than 250 people, investigators have told AFP the bombers used "Mother of Satan" explosives favoured by the ISIS group that are a new sign of foreign involvement.
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Sri Lanka Attack Mastermind Used Chatrooms To Sway Suicide Bombers
While Sri Lanka Easter suicide attacks mastermind Zahran Hashim used social media to publicly call for the death of non-Muslims, he worked for months in private chatrooms to persuade six young men to sacrifice themselves, Muslim community leaders say.
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Riches To Radicalism: How Two Sri Lankan Brothers Became Suicide Bombers
The two brothers zoomed around the Sri Lankan capital in flashy cars and pursued thriving careers, now their neighbours are struggling to understand how the pair turned to radical Islam and became suicide bombers.
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Headquarters Of Terror Group, Allegedly Behind Sri Lanka Blasts, Raided
Sri Lankan police raided the headquarters of aterror group founded by the suspected ringleader behind the Easter suicide bombings of churches and hotels, a Reuters witness said, as Sunday mass was cancelled due to fears of further attacks.
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Cleric In ISIS Video Could Be Sri Lanka Suicide Attack Mastermind
Standing under a black flag of the ISIS, eight men declare their loyalty to the group's leader, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. "We pledge allegiance ... and to obey him on everything either in easy or difficult conditions," they say, before praising Allah.
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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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Fresh Advisory Issued On Visiting Sri Lanka In Aftermath Of Bombings
The external affairs ministry on Tuesday issued a fresh advisory asking citizens travelling to Sri Lanka to be careful and vigilant in view of last month's bombings in which over 250 people were killed.
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Sri Lanka Extends Emergency A Month After Suicide Bombings
Sri Lanka's president extended on Wednesday by a further month the state of emergency imposed immediately after the Easter Sunday bombings that killed 258 people.
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'Mother Of Satan' Bombs Show Foreign Hand In Lanka Attacks: Investigators
One month after the Sri Lanka suicide attacks that killed more than 250 people, investigators have told AFP the bombers used "Mother of Satan" explosives favoured by the ISIS group that are a new sign of foreign involvement.
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Sri Lanka Attack Mastermind Used Chatrooms To Sway Suicide Bombers
While Sri Lanka Easter suicide attacks mastermind Zahran Hashim used social media to publicly call for the death of non-Muslims, he worked for months in private chatrooms to persuade six young men to sacrifice themselves, Muslim community leaders say.
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Riches To Radicalism: How Two Sri Lankan Brothers Became Suicide Bombers
The two brothers zoomed around the Sri Lankan capital in flashy cars and pursued thriving careers, now their neighbours are struggling to understand how the pair turned to radical Islam and became suicide bombers.
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Headquarters Of Terror Group, Allegedly Behind Sri Lanka Blasts, Raided
Sri Lankan police raided the headquarters of aterror group founded by the suspected ringleader behind the Easter suicide bombings of churches and hotels, a Reuters witness said, as Sunday mass was cancelled due to fears of further attacks.
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Cleric In ISIS Video Could Be Sri Lanka Suicide Attack Mastermind
Standing under a black flag of the ISIS, eight men declare their loyalty to the group's leader, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. "We pledge allegiance ... and to obey him on everything either in easy or difficult conditions," they say, before praising Allah.
