On the international beat

 A couple of items that grabbed my attention in the news today:

• For those who say one man can't make a difference, "since [Pablo] Esobar's death [in 1993], the homicide rate in Medellin has dropped 90 percent." Source: World Magazine April 27, "Mountain Movers"
• Following the Easter bombings, "[t]he Archbishop of Colomba, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, called on Sri Lanka's government to 'mercilessly' punish those responsible 'because only animals can behave like that.'"  Undoubtedly echoing Christ's words on the cross, "Father, mercilessly punish them because only animals can behave like that."  While making allowances for the heat of the moment, I can only hope that he's going to look back on that statement someday and cringe. Source: AP