Sri Lanka presidential hopeful vows probe into Easter blasts

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A former Sri Lankan defense chief who is a front-runner in next month’s presidential election says he’ll order a fresh probe into the Easter Sunday blasts that killed 263 people by appointing a presidential commission if he wins.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa told an election rally Saturday that the commission would be set up on a request made by Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, a top leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Sri Lanka. Ranjith has previously called for an