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FILE - In this Sunday April 21, 2019, photo, a Sri Lankan Police officer inspects a blast spot at the Shangri-la hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka. A Sri Lankan parliamentary committee that investigated April’s Easter suicide bombings has concluded that the country’s spy chief is primarily responsible for the intelligence failure that led to the deaths of 269 people. In its report released Wednesday, Oct. 23, the committee said State Intelligence Service chief Nilantha Jayawardena received information of possible attacks as early as April 4, 17 days before the suicide bombings took place, but there were delays on his part in sharing the intelligence with other agencies. (AP Photo/Chamila Karunarathne, file)

Sri Lanka spy chief blamed for failures before Easter attack

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

CMP: Power restored for all but 400 homes, businesses

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Sri Lankan police officers stand guard at the entrance to St. Lucia's cathedral during a holy mass held to bless victims of the Easter Sunday attacks in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 11, 2019. More than 250 people were killed when suicide bombers struck three churches and three tourist hotels on Easter. Masses at churches were canceled for a second week last Sunday and the reopening of schools was postponed after reports warned of possible new attacks. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka Catholics hold 1st Sunday Mass since attacks

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A statute of St. Anthony is seen kept out side the exploded St. Anthony's church as naval soldiers carry out reconstruction work in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, May 3, 2019. Catholic services are being canceled for a second weekend in Sri Lanka's capital after the government warned of more possible attacks by the same Islamic State-linked group that carried out Easter suicide bombings. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka Catholics celebrate Mass via TV amid new warnings

By KRISHAN FRANCIS - Associated Press

General Secretary of Ceylon Thawheed Jama'ath Abdur Razik displays a copy of Tamil language translation of holy Quran during a press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, May 2, 2019. With the atmosphere still tense in Colombo, Sri Lankan Islamic group Ceylon Thawheed Jama'ath held a news conference Thursday to clarify that it was not connected to National Towheed Jamaat, despite having a similar name. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

The Latest: Cardinal says more churches could face attacks

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Soldiers return to their base following an operation searching for explosives and suspects tied to a local group of Islamic State militants in Kalmunai, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 29, 2019. The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka on Monday has urged the government to crack down on Islamic extremists with more vigor &quot;as if on war footing&quot; in the aftermath of the Easter bombings. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Sri Lanka lifts social media ban imposed after Easter blasts

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI and KRISHAN FRANCIS - Associated Press

Soldiers return to their base following an operation searching for explosives and suspects tied to a local group of Islamic State militants in Kalmunai, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 29, 2019. The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka on Monday has urged the government to crack down on Islamic extremists with more vigor &quot;as if on war footing&quot; in the aftermath of the Easter bombings. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

The Latest: Sri Lankan ministers warn of more attacks

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A salesman covers the face of a mannequin with a niqab cafe veil at a women's clothing shop in Kattankudy, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 29, 2019. After being targeted by Islamic State suicide bombings on Easter, Sri Lanka has banned the niqab face veil, which increasingly has been seen in Muslim areas of the island nation's east. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

After Sri Lanka blasts, government targets the niqab veil

By JON GAMBRELL and GEMUNU AMARSINGHE - Associated Press

Relatives of Sri Lankan couple Rohan Marselas Wimanna and Mary Noman Shanthi, who were killed in Easter Sunday bomb blasts pray at their residence on the seventh day of mourning in Negombo, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 28, 2019. Sri Lanka's Catholics celebrated Sunday Mass in their homes by a televised broadcast as churches across the island nation shut over fears of militant attacks, a week after the Islamic State-claimed Easter suicide bombings killed over 250 people. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Church urges more vigorous crackdown on Sri Lankan militants

By KRISHAN FRANCIS - Associated Press

Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway smiles as she returns to the West Wing after responding to reporters about President Donald Trump's reaction to the release of a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, at the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 18, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defends her Christianity from Kellyanne Conway

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A relative of Easter Sunday bomb blast victim lights a candle on the wall of St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 28, 2019. Sri Lanka's Catholics celebrated Sunday Mass in their homes by a televised broadcast as churches across the island nation shut over fears of militant attacks, a week after the Islamic State-claimed Easter suicide bombings killed over 250 people. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

The Latest: Sri Lanka emergency law bans face coverings

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In this Friday, April 26, 2019, photo, Sri Lankan police officers show ISIS flag recovered from alleged hideout of militants, in Kalmunai, in Eastern Sri Lanka. Militants linked to Easter suicide bombings opened fire and set off explosives during a raid by Sri Lankan security forces on a house in the country's east. (AP Photo)

ISIS claims 3 militants who blew selves up in Sri Lanka raid

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

A Sri Lankan soldier stands guard at the damaged St. Anthony's Church or Shrine in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, April 26, 2019. Priests have allowed journalists inside St. Anthony's Church in Sri Lanka for the first time since it was targeted in a series of Islamic State-claimed suicide bombings that killed over 250 people. Broken glass littered the sanctuary's damaged pews and blood stained the floor. Shoes left by panicked worshippers remained in the darkened church, and broken bottles of holy water lay on the floor. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Sri Lanka militants set off bombs during raid, killing 15

By Emily Schmall, Jon Gambrell and Bharatha Mallawarachi - Associated Press

Sri Lankan policeman patrol in a Muslim neighborhood before Friday prayers in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, April 26, 2019. Across Colombo, there was a visible increase of security as authorities warned of another attack and pursued suspects that could have access to explosives. Authorities had told Muslims to pray at home rather than attend communal Friday prayers that are the most important religious service for the faithful. At one mosque in Colombo where prayers were still held, police armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles stood guard outside. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

The Latest: Sri Lanka president bans groups linked to blasts

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In this Thursday, April 25, 2019 photo, sunlight steams in from gaping holes at St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Nearly a week later, the smell of death is everywhere, though the bodies are long gone. Yet somehow, there’s a beauty to St. Sebastian’s, a neighborhood church in a Catholic enclave north of Sri Lanka’s capital, where a man calmly walked in during Easter services with a heavy backpack and blew himself up. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

The Latest: Military clashes with suspects in Sri Lanka

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Relatives throw flower petals on the coffin of Dhami Brandy, 13, a victim of Easter Sunday's bomb blast at St. Sebastian Church, in Negombo, Sri Lanka Thursday, April 25, 2019. The U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka warned Thursday that places of worship could be targeted for militant attacks over the coming weekend, as police searched for more suspects in the Islamic State-claimed Easter suicide bombings that killed over 350 people. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Sunday Mass canceled across Sri Lanka a week after bombings

By Emily Schmall and Jon Gambrell and Bharatha Mallawarchi - Associated Press

An elderly Sri Lankan woman cries sitting next to the grave of her family member who died in a Easter Sunday church explosion in Katuwapitiya village in Negombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, April 24, 2019. Sri Lanka's president has asked for the resignations of the defense secretary and national police chief, a dramatic internal shake-up after security forces shrugged off intelligence reports warning of possible attacks before Easter bombings that killed over 350 people, the president's office said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

The Latest: Sri Lanka revises down death toll from attack

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People gather around a television in a cafe showing Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena's address to the nation following Easter Sunday terror attacks in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, April 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

The Latest: Body of Japanese victim returned from Sri Lanka

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