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Deserted beaches, empty rooms: Easter blasts take a toll on Sri Lanka tourism

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Sri Lanka’s $4.4 billion tourism industry is reeling from cancellations as travellers shun the sun and sand Indian Ocean island after multiple suicide bombings that killed over 250 people two weeks ago. Suspected suicide bombers from little-known Islamic groups in Sri Lanka attacked churches and luxury hotels in the country on Easter Sunday, killing worshippers, tourists and … Read more

Syria death toll nears 500 as eastern Ghouta bombing continues

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Bombing raids have killed more Syrians in the besieged enclave of eastern Ghouta before a delayed UN vote on a ceasefire to allow medical and food aid to reach civilians. Nearly a week into one of the most fierce assaults of Syria’s long civil war, nearly 500 people were dead and hundreds more injured, the … Read more