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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka explosion kills 60

AT LEAST 60 PEOPLE have been killed in Sri Lanka after explosives meant for construction work accidentally detonated on a truck. The truck was parked beside a police station, and Al Jazeera reports that most of the dead are policemen.