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Apr- 2019 -25 AprilAsia Pacific
Sri Lanka top defense official resigns over Easter bombings security failure
Sri Lanka's top defense official resigned over security failures that led to the deadly Easter bombings, as Catholic churches suspended services
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23 AprilAsia Pacific
Amaq claims ‘Islamic State fighters’ carried out Sri Lanka attacks
Islamic State fighters carried out the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka that killed at least 310 people, according to ISIS's Amaq propaganda agency
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23 AprilAsia Pacific
Sri Lanka attacks were revenge for Christchurch mosque shootings, deputy defense minister says
An initial probe into suicide bomb attacks in Sri Lanka that killed more than 320 people shows it was "retaliation for Christchurch," the country's deputy defense minister said
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22 AprilAsia Pacific
Death toll from Sri Lanka Easter attacks rises to 290 as police announce new arrests
The death toll from bomb blasts that ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka rose dramatically to 290 as police announced new arrests
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21 AprilAsia Pacific
Series of explosions in Sri Lanka churches and hotels kills dozens
Dozens of people were killed and hundreds injured in a string of blasts at hotels and churches in Sri Lanka as worshippers attended Easter services
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Jan- 2019 -25 JanuaryAfrica
UN peacekeepers in Mali killed by mine near Douentza
Two UN peacekeepers died and several were wounded in central Mali after their vehicle hit a mine, the UN Mission in Mali (Minusma) said
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Nov- 2018 -2 NovemberAsia Pacific
Sri Lanka court orders military chief arrested over civil war killings
A Sri Lankan court ordered the arrest the country's top military officer over the abduction and murder of 11 people during the Tamil civil war
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