Sri Lanka gov't suspects foreign hand in attacks that killed 290

The death toll from Easter Sunday's suicide bomb attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka soared Monday to 290, including 39 foreigners, with authorities blaming foreign-backed "local terrorists" for the carnage and invoking emergency powers."The intelligence agencies have reported that there were international organizations behind these acts of local terrorists," President Maithripala Sirisena's media office said in a statement, after he chaired an emergency meeting of National Security Council.The statement said Sri Lanka welcomes international assistance to pursue those responsible fo…READ FULL ARTICLE