Sri Lanka declares emergency amid anti-Muslim violence

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Sri Lanka declares emergency amid anti-Muslim violenceCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president has declared a state of emergency amid fears that anti-Muslim attacks in a central hill town could spread. Details of the emergency decree were not immediately announced, and it was unclear how it would affect life on the South Asian island nation, where Buddhist-Muslim tensions have flared […]
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