Bomb defused in Sri Lankan capital after raid in US
Bomb squad officers defused explosives strapped to a vegetable-laden pushbike at a market in Sri Lanka’s capital on Tuesday, just hours after officials in the U.S. said they had arrested suspected rebel arms procurers. The bomb squad said suspected Tamil Tiger rebels had packed 15 kg of explosives around a Claymore fragmentation mine, a weapon often used on the military in recent months. Full Story