Srilanka

Tamil baby born at Lankan military checkpoint as mother flees

Dec 17 (AP) A Tamil woman gave birth to a baby boy at a military checkpoint hours after fleeing rebel-held areas in eastern Sri Lanka where thousands are trapped in heavy fighting, the military said on Sunday. Female Sri Lankan soldiers helped Latha, who like some Tamils uses one name, to deliver the boy. "Our soldiers noticed the woman in pain and called our women soldiers who realized that she was in a very advanced stage of pregnancy," more..