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| A suicide bomber has injured three people in an attack in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo. | A suicide bomber has injured three people in an attack in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo. |
| The woman, who died in the attack, was stopped from entering the offices of Welfare Minister Douglas Devananda, and blew herself up outside. | The woman, who died in the attack, was stopped from entering the offices of Welfare Minister Douglas Devananda, and blew herself up outside. |
| Two of the wounded are reported to be in a serious condition. | |
| The attack comes a day after the Tamil Tiger leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran, said hopes for peace were naive, after increased fighting in the north. | |
| The Tigers say that more than 20 civilians, most of them children, were killed on Tuesday in two attacks by the military in the north. | |
| Mr Devananda, the target of Wednesday's attack, is the leader of the Eelam People's Democratic Party, which is seen as a rival to the Tamil Tiger rebels. | |
| He was not injured by the blast. | |
| 'Genocidal' | |
| At least 11 of those killed were schoolchildren whose bus hit a mine laid by the military, the rebels said. The military denied responsibility. | |
| Nine others died when the Tigers' radio station was bombed, the rebels said. | |
| In a broadcast speech, Prabhakaran said it was naivety to believe peace was possible with any of the parties in the Sinhalese-dominated south of the country. | |
| He described the government as "genocidal" and said the international community should stop propping it up with economic and military aid. | |
| Since his last address the Tigers have been driven from the east of the country and are under pressure in areas of the north that they still control. | |
| A Norwegian-brokered ceasefire in 2002 broke down two years ago, resulting in renewed fighting that has killed more than 5,000 people. | |
| At least 70,000 people have died since the war began in 1983. |