The World Jewish Congress has expressed its "disgust and outrage" following reports that an effigy made to look like a stereotypical Jew was hanged and burned in a Polish town as part of an Easter ritual.

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A series of blasts in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, blamed on religious extremists, recalled the worst days of the country's 26-year civil war.

Authorities in West London on Sunday said they are searching for a mugger who sucker punched his victim so hard, that his teeth had to be removed from the victim's lungs, reports said.

Police in Sri Lanka said Monday the investigation into the Easter Sunday bombings will examine reports that the intelligence community failed to detect or warn of possible suicide attacks before the violence.

Tensions are rising in Sudan after talks broke down between protesters and the country's military rulers who earlier in April ousted President Omar al-Bashir after months of street protests against his rule.

The Latest on explosions in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday (all times local): 8 a.m.

The Easter Sunday bombings were Sri Lanka's deadliest violence since the country's civil war ended a decade ago.