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Sri Lankan minister dies in blast

Source: BBC

A Sri Lankan minister, DM Dassanayake, has died in hospital after his convoy was hit by a powerful roadside blast near the capital, doctors said.

The minister for nation-building was in a convoy between Colombo and the international airport when the bomb went off. Seven others were wounded.

The blast, in Ja-Ela town, 12 miles (19kms) north of Colombo, has been blamed on the Tamil Tiger rebels.
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There has been heavy fighting in the north of the country in recent days after the government announced it was pulling out of a ceasefire with the Tamil Tigers.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7176207.stm

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