At least 18 killed by military at Myanmar festival

LONDON -- The military junta in Myanmar dropped at least one bomb from a paraglider, killing at least 18 people and injuring another 45, some of them seriously, at a vigil protesting military rule, a human rights watchdog and the exiled former government said. People in the Sagaing Region’s Chaung-U Township in central Myanmar were gathered late Monday as part of a candlelight vigil during the Thadingyut full moon ceremony -- a major religious holiday. "The death toll may rise, as some people's bodies were so badly damaged by the bomb blast that they are difficult to recognize. Survivors are now being treated in local hospitals," Amnesty International’s Myanmar Researcher Joe Freeman told ABC News. The vigil was against the military junta, which has ruled over the Southeast Asian country s