Bus bomb kills 23 as Sri Lanka ceasefire ends

A bomb ripped through a packed bus in Sri Lanka today, killing 23 people as the government officially withdrew from a ceasefire with Tamil Tiger rebels.

Bus bomb kills 23 as Sri Lanka ceasefire ends

A bomb ripped through a packed bus in Sri Lanka today, killing 23 people as the government officially withdrew from a ceasefire with Tamil Tiger rebels.

The blast, the latest in a string of attacks in government-held territory in recent months, struck the bus in the remote town of Buttala, about 150 miles southeast of the capital Colombo.

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