Monks in temple blast protest

Colombo - Hundreds of saffron-robed Buddhist monks, angered by a Tamil Tiger bomb attack on Sri Lanka's holiest shrine, marched…

Colombo - Hundreds of saffron-robed Buddhist monks, angered by a Tamil Tiger bomb attack on Sri Lanka's holiest shrine, marched through the streets of the Colombo yesterday.

"This is a direct attack on the heart of Buddhism. We cannot merely repair the damage to this most sacred shrine," said one monk.

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