Credit to Author: hmallorca| Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 10:58:13 +0000
Since the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and luxury hotels, foreign tourists have fled.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 07:38:27 +0000
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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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 11:50:55 +0000
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lankan Catholic officials say church-run schools that have been closed since Easter Sunday bomb attacks are expected to reopen next week, and Sunday Masses will resume this weekend if security conditions are appropriate.
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Read moreCredit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 07 May 2019 09:11:54 +0000
Indonesia has thwarted a bid by Islamic State-linked militants to stage a series of bombings when it announces official election results
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 12:36:22 +0000
No longer burdened by territory and administration, IS group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi outlined the new path forward for his group.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 07:23:01 +0000
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – The Catholic church in Sri Lanka says the government should crack down on Islamists with more vigor “as if on war footing” in the aftermath of the Easter bombings.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 23:13:17 +0000
Sri Lanka’s churches remained shut Sunday, forcing Christians to say prayers of grief in private over the Easter suicide attacks.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 02:59:06 +0000
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for three men who blew themselves up in clashes with Sri Lankan police, the militant group said in a statement.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 23:56:40 +0000
Fifteen people including six children died in a battle between Sri Lankan security forces and suicide bombers in the Easter attacks.
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Read moreCredit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 03:08:34 +0000
An impatient little girl in a pretty dress pulls on the hand of a man, possibly her grandfather, as they cross a brick courtyard outside
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