Sobbing Ugandan parents sifted through the ashes of a school dormitory on Tuesday, trying in vain to identify their daughters from the piles of charred piles left by a fire that broke out overnight. Police said that the fire killed at least 19 schoolgirls and two adults and may have been set deliberately.

An overnight fire that destroyed a primary school dormitory in Uganda, killing 19 schoolgirls and two adults, may have been set deliberately, police said on Tuesday. "Preliminary investigations indicate that it was homicide," police Inspector General Kale Kaihura told reporters at the scene.

Police cracked open the window of Uganda's top opposition leader and fired tear gas into his vehicle on Thursday.

Uganda's Anglican Church threatened on Monday to secede from the rest of the 77-million member fellowship unless United States clergy condemn homosexuality. The announcement was the latest salvo in a fierce debate about homosexuality that has gripped the global Anglican Communion.

Sobbing Ugandan parents sifted through the ashes of a school dormitory on Tuesday, trying in vain to identify their daughters from the piles of charred piles left by a fire that broke out overnight. Police said that the fire killed at least 19 schoolgirls and two adults and may have been set deliberately.

An overnight fire that destroyed a primary school dormitory in Uganda, killing 19 schoolgirls and two adults, may have been set deliberately, police said on Tuesday. "Preliminary investigations indicate that it was homicide," police Inspector General Kale Kaihura told reporters at the scene.

Police cracked open the window of Uganda's top opposition leader and fired tear gas into his vehicle on Thursday.

Uganda's Anglican Church threatened on Monday to secede from the rest of the 77-million member fellowship unless United States clergy condemn homosexuality. The announcement was the latest salvo in a fierce debate about homosexuality that has gripped the global Anglican Communion.