COLOMBO: Three shells slammed into a make-shift hospital in Sri Lanka's northeastern war zone on Wednesday, killing 38 civilians, a doctor said."Three shells hit the hospital today and 38 people were killed," T. Varatharajah, a doctor working at the facility in Mullivaikal, said.He said the attack followed a similar strike on Tuesday, when 47 people were reported killed and 56 wounded.He did not say who was responsible for the shelling, although the rebels blamed government forces for the attack.The Sri Lankan military denies it is using heavy weapons in the area. Sri Lankan authorities also say that doctors there are hostages of the Tigers and have questioned the credibility of their accounts.
BEIRUT: Thousands of people converged Saturday on central Beirut to mark the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Lebanese former premier Rafiq Hariri.Waving Lebanese flags and carrying pictures of the slain leader, men, women and children gathered under sunny skies in Martyr's Square where members of the parliamentary majority were to address the crowd. The rally comes as final preparations are underway in The Hague for the launch of the international tribunal set up to bring Hariri's killers to justice. It also comes as the country prepares for legislative elections in June that will pit Western-backed political parties against a Hezbollah-led alliance backed by Syria and Iran.Hariri died in a massive car bombing on February 14, 2005 that also killed 22 others. The assassination was widely blamed on then Lebanese power-broker Syria, which has denied any involvement. The attack on the Beirut seafront was one of the worst acts of political violence to rock Lebanon since t...
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