AS dawn breaks over Sri Lanka’s shores, dozens of parents come to the beach where huge waves seized their children a week ago.

An international aid group said today it found the bodies of two more of its workers after discovering 15 others killed last week in Sri Lanka’s northeast, as a car bomb explosion outside a girls’ school left at least two people dead.

Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels hurled two grenades at a mosque packed with worshippers in eastern Sri Lanka early today, killing at least four and injuring 21 others.

Sri Lankan security forces went on red alert today, military officials said, securing a supply corridor into the restive east following a surge in attacks blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels that have endangered the country’s shaky cease-fire.

Tamil Tiger rebels walked out of a meeting with Sri Lankan officials on the distribution of tsunami aid today after a strident opponent of the guerrillas showed up uninvited for the talks.

The known death toll from Asia’s earthquake and tsunami catastrophe passed 124,000 today as a deluge from the skies added to the misery in many of the affected nations.

Women rebels attacked a Sri Lankan police camp before dawn today, killing 16 policemen, two civilians and wounding 18 others.

Twelve policemen and two civilians have been killed in a Tamil Tiger attack in Sri Lanka.