A Sunday of Sorrow in Newtown

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/nyregion/sandy-hook-school-shooting-in-newtown.html?hp&_r=0#h[AotTsa,1]
President Obama arrived in Newtown on Sunday evening and planned to meet in Newtown with the families of victims and later join in the public mourning at an evening vigil.

Mortar attack on school outside Damascus 'kills 29'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20596612

The official Sana news agency said the Batiha school in the al-Wafidin camp, about 20km (15 miles) north-east of the capital, was hit by rebel mortar fire.