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Government confirms 25 dead in Sri Lanka blast (AP)

September 17th, 2010

Sri Lankan police officers inspect the site of an explosion at a police station in Karadiyanaru, a small town in the former conflict zone in eastern Sri Lanka, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Three containers filled with explosives meant for road construction detonated Friday outside the police station, killing dozens of people in a blast government officials called an accident. (AP Photo)AP - Three containers filled with explosives meant for road construction detonated Friday outside a police station in eastern Sri Lanka, killing 25 people, most of them police officers, in a blast government officials called an accident.


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