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What Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir Did After Sri Lanka Players Decided To Leave The Country Following A Blast
Pakistan's military chief directly intervened to salvage the tour of the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team following the suicide attack in Islamabad
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Pakistan Deploys Army After Sri Lanka Players Raise Security Concerns
The Sri Lanka Cricket Board said on Wednesday that several players had asked to return home after the blast, the first attack on civilians in the capital in a decade.
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Sri Lanka Cricketers To Be Treated As 'State Guests' As Pakistan Tighten Security Amid Concerns: Report
The Pakistan government has assured that the Sri Lanka cricket team players, who are currently in Pakistan for the ODI series, are being treated as "state guests".
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Pakistan Cricket Board Takes Big Call On Sri Lanka ODI Series Amid Security Concerns
Sri Lankan players currently touring Pakistan for a three-match ODI series want to return home due to security concerns following a deadly suicide attack in Islamabad but PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi claimed that the rubber will continue, albeit with a rejigged schedule.
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Mohsin Naqvi Meets Touring Sri Lanka Team After Suicide Bombing In Islamabad
Security has been beefed up up for the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team after the recent militant attack in Pakistan.
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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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On 2019 Easter Attacks Probe, Sri Lanka Acting President's Request To UK
Sri Lanka's Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday sought the assistance of the British government and their intelligence services in the investigation of the Easter Sunday suicide attacks that killed nearly 270 people.
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Probe Into Sri Lanka Attacks Finds Ex-President Should Face Charges
Sri Lanka's ex-president and his intelligence chiefs should be prosecuted for failing to prevent suicide bombings two years ago on Easter Sunday that killed 279 people, according to an investigation released Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka Observes Silence For Victims On Easter Attacks Anniversary
Survivors of last year's devastating Islamist suicide bombings in Sri Lanka held a private anniversary service Tuesday because of a coronavirus lockdown as the nation paid tribute with a two-minute silence.
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Sri Lanka Church 'Forgives' 2019 Suicide Bombers Who Killed 279 People
Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church said Sunday it had forgiven the suicide bombers behind the attacks that killed at least 279 people last Easter.
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Sri Lanka Suspends 2 Top Officials Over False Warning About Terror Attack
Sri Lanka's police Tuesday suspended two senior officers for falsely warning of a suicide attack similar to the Easter Sunday bombings that killed at least 258 people in April.
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"Bombed Our Livelihoods": Sri Lanka Tourism Firms Struggle After Attacks
Pearl Divers, a diving school on one of Sri Lanka's most popular southern beaches, shut shop for two months after suicide bombers attacked churches and hotels on the island on Easter Sunday, killing about 250 people. It had no customers as tourists cancelled holidays, and its manager Nuwan Harshana says he took two months leave and a pay cut.
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Sri Lanka Policeman Defies President To Testify At Easter Attack Probe
A Sri Lankan police officer on Tuesday defied President Maithripala Sirisena and testified before a parliamentary investigation into the Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed 258 people.
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ISIS Mastermind, With Alleged Sri Lanka Link, Arrested In Tamil Nadu
The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday arrested Mohammed Azarudeen, the alleged mastermind of ISIS Tamil Nadu module, who was a Facebook friend of Sri Lankan suicide bomber Zahran Hashim, after it carried out searches at seven locations in Coimbatore, officials said.
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In Sri Lanka, PM Modi Makes Unscheduled Visit To Church Hit By Easter Bombing
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Sri Lanka this morning, made an unscheduled visit to a Catholic church that was bombed during the Easter suicide attacks in April.
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What Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir Did After Sri Lanka Players Decided To Leave The Country Following A Blast
Pakistan's military chief directly intervened to salvage the tour of the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team following the suicide attack in Islamabad
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Pakistan Deploys Army After Sri Lanka Players Raise Security Concerns
The Sri Lanka Cricket Board said on Wednesday that several players had asked to return home after the blast, the first attack on civilians in the capital in a decade.
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Sri Lanka Cricketers To Be Treated As 'State Guests' As Pakistan Tighten Security Amid Concerns: Report
The Pakistan government has assured that the Sri Lanka cricket team players, who are currently in Pakistan for the ODI series, are being treated as "state guests".
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Pakistan Cricket Board Takes Big Call On Sri Lanka ODI Series Amid Security Concerns
Sri Lankan players currently touring Pakistan for a three-match ODI series want to return home due to security concerns following a deadly suicide attack in Islamabad but PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi claimed that the rubber will continue, albeit with a rejigged schedule.
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Mohsin Naqvi Meets Touring Sri Lanka Team After Suicide Bombing In Islamabad
Security has been beefed up up for the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team after the recent militant attack in Pakistan.
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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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On 2019 Easter Attacks Probe, Sri Lanka Acting President's Request To UK
Sri Lanka's Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday sought the assistance of the British government and their intelligence services in the investigation of the Easter Sunday suicide attacks that killed nearly 270 people.
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Probe Into Sri Lanka Attacks Finds Ex-President Should Face Charges
Sri Lanka's ex-president and his intelligence chiefs should be prosecuted for failing to prevent suicide bombings two years ago on Easter Sunday that killed 279 people, according to an investigation released Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka Observes Silence For Victims On Easter Attacks Anniversary
Survivors of last year's devastating Islamist suicide bombings in Sri Lanka held a private anniversary service Tuesday because of a coronavirus lockdown as the nation paid tribute with a two-minute silence.
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Sri Lanka Church 'Forgives' 2019 Suicide Bombers Who Killed 279 People
Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church said Sunday it had forgiven the suicide bombers behind the attacks that killed at least 279 people last Easter.
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Sri Lanka Suspends 2 Top Officials Over False Warning About Terror Attack
Sri Lanka's police Tuesday suspended two senior officers for falsely warning of a suicide attack similar to the Easter Sunday bombings that killed at least 258 people in April.
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"Bombed Our Livelihoods": Sri Lanka Tourism Firms Struggle After Attacks
Pearl Divers, a diving school on one of Sri Lanka's most popular southern beaches, shut shop for two months after suicide bombers attacked churches and hotels on the island on Easter Sunday, killing about 250 people. It had no customers as tourists cancelled holidays, and its manager Nuwan Harshana says he took two months leave and a pay cut.
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Sri Lanka Policeman Defies President To Testify At Easter Attack Probe
A Sri Lankan police officer on Tuesday defied President Maithripala Sirisena and testified before a parliamentary investigation into the Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed 258 people.
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ISIS Mastermind, With Alleged Sri Lanka Link, Arrested In Tamil Nadu
The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday arrested Mohammed Azarudeen, the alleged mastermind of ISIS Tamil Nadu module, who was a Facebook friend of Sri Lankan suicide bomber Zahran Hashim, after it carried out searches at seven locations in Coimbatore, officials said.
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In Sri Lanka, PM Modi Makes Unscheduled Visit To Church Hit By Easter Bombing
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Sri Lanka this morning, made an unscheduled visit to a Catholic church that was bombed during the Easter suicide attacks in April.
