Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2019 13:35:35 +0000
Sri Lankan police on Tuesday arrested the country’s police chief and its former defense secretary for alleged negligence leading to the Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people at churches and hotels.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 13:43:48 +0000
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Catholic churches in Sri Lanka canceled all Sunday Masses until further notice over concerns that they remain a top target of Islamic State-linked extremists, even as authorities said Friday a suspected local leader blew himself up in the Easter suicide bombings.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 23:27:53 +0000
Queen Elizabeth II is celebrating her 93rd birthday, which this year coincides with Easter Sunday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 23:25:31 +0000
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis denounced the “cruel violence” of the Easter Sunday slaughter of Christians and foreigners in Sri Lanka as he celebrated the most joyful moment on the Christian liturgical calendar by lamenting the bloodshed and political violence afflicting many parts of the world.
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 08:03:19 +0000
As the long weekend draws close, many motorists on Sunday are travelling back to Metro Manila, causing parts of North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) and South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) to experience heavy traffic.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 03:44:39 +0000
Defend your freedom amid threats to democracy. This was the call of Vice President Leni Robredo as the country celebrated Easter Sunday.
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Credit to Author: Nafsika Mavromoustakou| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 17:27:03 +0000
On the island of Chios, rival parishes launch makeshift rockets at each other, while on Andros, iron pipes filled with gunpowder blow up right next to the Easter procession.
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