Deadly suicide blast hits Colombo
                   
aljazeera.net     May 16, 2008            

At least six people are feared killed and another 75 wounded after a suicide bomber on a motorbike targeted a busy carrying police officers in Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital. The attack occurred on Friday morning outside a Buddhist temple in the fort area of Colombo. Military sources blamed... [read full story]                    


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