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  4. 4. 1"Eleven die in Sri Lankan temple suicide bomb". BBC News. 25 January 1998. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2012.

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  12. 12. 1Ramasubramanian, R (August 2004). "Suicide Terrorism in Sri Lanka". _IPCS Research Papers_. IPCS conference. New Delhi: Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies. p.23. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2012.

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  13. 13. 1"8 killed in Sri Lankan blast at temple". CNN. Reuters. 25 January 2012. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2012.

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  14. 14. 1"8 Killed in Truck Bombing at Kandy, Sri Lanka Buddhist Site". _anusha.com_. Associated Press. 26 January 1998. Archived from the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2012.

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  15. 15. ↑Commonwealth Secretariat (2006). _The Commonwealth Yearbook_. Great Britain: Nexus Strategic Partnerships Ltd. p.369. ISBN978-095-4962-94-4.

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  21. 21. ↑Coningham, Robin; Lewer, Nick (1999). "Paradise Lost: the bombing of the Temple of the Tooth — a UNESCO World Heritage site in Sri Lanka". _Antiquity_. **73** (282): 857–866. doi:10.1017/S0003598X00065595. ISSN0003-598X.

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  22. 22. ↑Wimalasurendre, Cyril (24 January 2012). "Fourteenth anniversary of LTTE attack on Temple of the tooth". _The Island_. Kandy. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2012.

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  23. 23. 1"Kandy Returns To Normality As More Details About The Attack Emerge". sinhaya.com. Archived from the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2012.

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  27. 27. ↑Narapalasingam, S. (3 March 2007). "Why LTTE will not negotiate for political settlement?". _Tamil Week_. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2012.

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  28. 28. ↑Perera, Janaka (25 January 2012). "Day of infamy – January 25, 1998". _Asian Tribune_. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2012.

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  32. 32. ↑Brady, Linda; Ubayasiri, Kasun (2003). "One Temple, one Bomb, and three lines of Political Narrative". Central Queensland University. p.26. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2012.

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  33. 33. 1Attygala, Udena (31 January 1999). "One year after the LTTE attack, Maligawa is slowly returning to its former glory". _The Sunday Times_. Retrieved 12 April 2012.

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  39. 39. 1Handunnetti, Dilrukshi (12 April 1998). "Maligawa: A Slow Restoration". _The Sunday Times_. Retrieved 11 April 2012.

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  40. 40. 1Wijesuriya, Gamini (October 2005). "Cultural Heritage in Postwar Recovery". In Stanley-Price, Nicolas (ed.). _Armed conflict and conservation: Promoting cultural heritage in postwar recovery_. 2nd ICCROM Forum. Rome: International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property. pp.87–97. ISBN92-9077-201-8. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2012.

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  42. 42. ↑"Sri Lanka: Amnesty International appalled at LTTE attack on civilians". Amnesty International. 26 January 1998. Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2012.

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