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Sri Lanka bomb blasts: Spice trader dies after family members killed
By: K Pragalath COLOMBO: A famous spice trader Ibrahim Dawood Hathiyar of Colombo died tragically after it was discovered that he had rented out his home to terrorists who launched an attack on the Shangrila Hotel. “Ibrahim Dawood Hathiyar, a
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Sri Lanka bomb blasts: Coordinated attacks with the aid of international militants
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan officials said that the coordinated bombings of churches and hotels across the country on Easter Sunday had been carried out by National Thowheeth Jamaat, a little-known radical Islamist group, with help from international militants. Rajitha Senaratne, the
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Sri Lanka bomb blasts: Billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen lost three children
PUCHONG: Online fashion business tycoon Anders Holch Povlsen who is also among UK and Scotland’s biggest landowners has confirmed that he lost three out of four children in the bomb blasts that rocked Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Local UK
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Liverpool back on top as they come through tricky test against Cardiff
Liverpool has overcome numerous obstacles to put themselves within reach of the Premier League title, but a self-imposed hosepipe ban in South Wales on the same afternoon as an impromptu ball boy/girl strike was a new one for Jurgen Klopp
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Trending: Watch lioness almost rip off man’s hand who tried to pet her
55-year-old man puts his hand inside a cage to pet the lioness, gets his arm almost ripped off instead. Watch the viral video. Humans get really uncomfortable when someone invades their personal space, but what they don’t realise is that
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Comedian Zelenskiy wins Ukraine presidential election
KIEV: Ukraine entered uncharted political waters on Sunday after exit polls showed a comedian with no political experience – Volodymyr Zelenskiy, 41, and few detailed policies had easily won enough votes to become the next president of a country at
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Sri Lanka attackers must be ‘punished mercilessly’
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s most senior Catholic figure called today on the government to find the attackers behind deadly bomb blasts that killed more than 160 people and “punish them mercilessly”. “I would also like to ask the government to hold
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National Thowheed Jamaat not responsible for Sri Lanka blasts
K Pragalath & Hema Subramaniam PUCHONG: In a phone conversation with The Leaders Online, Governor of The Eastern Province, Government of Sri Lanka Mahamood Lebbe Alim Mohamed Hizbullah has dismissed allegations that National Thowheed Jamaat was responsible for the multiple
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Comedian vs tycoon in Ukraine’s presidential election
KIEV: Ukrainians will head to the polls shortly in a run-off election to pick the country’s next president today with a stark choice between tycoon Petro Poroshenko, the incumbent president, and television comedian Volodymyr Zelensky, new to politics. The TV
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Women in violent relationships have higher risk of mental disorders
TEXAS: Women in violent relationships have an increased risk of suffering from mental disorders, suggests a new study. According to a study published in Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders journal, the unpredictable violence not only causes physical injuries to
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