Sri Lanka sends 238 Iranian sailors home

Colombo: Sri Lanka has sent home 238 Iranian sailors, including 32 who survived a U.S torpedo attack that sank their ship in the Indian Ocean, officials said Friday. A US submarine sank the IRIS Dena on March 4 while the ship was returning home after taking part in a naval exercise on invitation from India. A second Iranian ship was brought to a southern Sri Lankan port after its crew reported technical problems.