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24 Apr 2009 10:47

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World: Sri Lanka and the UN can’t agree on who’s in danger

  • A document from the UN claims 6,432 civilians have been killed and 13,946 wounded. Sri Lanka says these numbers are inflated. source
  • The UN says at least 108,000 have left the Tamil warzone since Monday; Sri Lanka says 196,000 have escaped since the beginning of the year. source
  • The UN estimates that 50,000 people are still trapped in the warzone; Sri Lanka says the number is much closer to 10,000 to 20,000. (It’s a lot.) source

24 Apr 2009 10:34

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World: Insurgent attacks in Iraq have increased big time this week

  • 135+ have died in Iraq in the last two days source

24 Apr 2009 10:27

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Biz: Ford desperately tries not to waver into bailout realm

  • -75ยข The per-share loss that Ford had last quarter. That loss, which is $1.8 billion, is far less than analysts expected. source