Sri Lanka bombing kills 43 schoolgirls
Fighting in Sri Lanka’s north and east, and a bombing in the capital, left at least 50 people dead Monday, including 43 schoolgirls killed in what the Tamil Tigers charged was a government air raid on a children’s home in rebel territory. The government denied attacking a children’s home, instead insisting it was a rebel base and blaming the insurgents for the bombing in Colombo. Full Story