Updated Saturday, May 10, 2008 0:00 am TWN, AP

Bomb blast kills 11 in eastern Sri Lankan town

BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka -- A bomb blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels tore through a cafe Friday evening in eastern Sri Lanka, killing 11 people and casting a cloud over crucial provincial elections scheduled for Saturday. The elections were meant to be a final step in restoring normalcy to the Eastern Province, which the government freed from 13 years of Tamil Tiger rule last year. To ensure a smooth poll, the government sent an unprecedented 28,000 police officers and an extra 4,000 soldiers to back up the thousands of troops already in the province, authorities said.
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