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June 03, 2016

Sri Lankan monks hold prayers for buried landslide victims
Kegalle, Sri Lanka (AFP) June 2, 2016
Sri Lankan Buddhist monks held funeral prayers Thursday for more than 100 villagers buried in a landslide two weeks ago, as rescuers formally ended the search for their bodies. In a solemn ceremony near the side of the collapsed mountain northeast of Colombo, dozens of saffron-robed monks conducted last rites for the victims of the rain-triggered landslide that destroyed two villages. "The families of the victims have told us there is no point in digging through tonnes of mud anymore," said Maj ... read more

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