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A suicide attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth kills eight and injures 25 others.
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Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Tamil militant organisation in Sri Lanka (1976–2009)
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Sri Lanka
Country in South Asia
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Temple of the Tooth
Temple complex in Kandy, Sri Lanka
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