Seven people were killed in blasts in Sri Lanka’s northeast after May Day rallies were cancelled over fear of attacks, officials said. Five of the victims — four civilians and a sailor — died in the port town of Trincomalee, 260 kilometres (160 miles) northeast of Colombo, a military official there said by telephone. Four sailors were also critically wounded and four civilians hurt in the blast when a mine, attached to a bicycle, was detonated as a navy foot patrol passed by, the military said. Full Story