UN chief tours Sri Lanka devastation

Stunned by the devastation wrought by the Asian tsunami, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan toured a Sri Lankan town today where hundreds of shoppers at an outdoor weekly market were swept to their deaths.

Accompanied by the head of the World Bank, James A. Wolfensohn, and top UN officials, Annan was touring the battered southern and eastern coastlines which took the brunt of the tsunami’s impact.