Damn

40,000 flee Sri Lanka violence

Some 40,000 civilians fled homes in northeastern Sri Lanka to escape government airstrikes on Tamil rebel areas in recent days that have killed at least a dozen people, the rebels said Thursday.

DJ Mitchell blogged here eloquently earlier today about the collapsing cease fire in Sri Lanka.

40,000 refugees in one day. Hard to grasp, isn’t it.

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