US President Calls for Halt to Shelling of Civilians in Sri Lanka
(14 May 09 - RV) At least 50 people have been killed by government artillery shells
that hit a hospital treating civilians in Sri Lanka's war zone for the second time
in as many days. The United Nations estimates that about 50,000 civilians are trapped
by the conflict, in a three square kilometer strip of land. U.S. President Barack
Obama called on Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers to free trapped civilians and urged the government
to stop indiscriminate shelling in the country's war zone...