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By KRISHAN FRANCIS
The Associated Press
Sunday, May 10, 2009 2:15 PM COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- An unrelenting hail of artillery in Sri Lanka's
war zone killed at least 378 civilians, according to a government doctor
who survived the attack as shells flew near the makeshift hospital. More
than 100 of the victims were children, the U.N. said Sunday.
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By GUDJON HELGASON
The Associated Press
Sunday, May 10, 2009; 2:10 PM REYKJAVIK, Iceland -- Iceland's new government said Sunday it will ask
parliament to vote on whether the recession-hit country should start
membership talks with the European Union.
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From correspondents in Colombo Agence France-Presse May 11, 2009 03:42pm MORE than 100 children were among a large number of Tamil civilians
killed in a weekend "bloodbath" in Sri Lanka, the United Nations'
spokesman in Colombo, Gordon Weiss, said.
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MANILA, May 10 (AFP) May 10, 2009 The toll of casualties from Typhoon Chan-hom in the Philippines rose to
36 dead, 15 missing and 40 injured, the government said Sunday.
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* Story Highlights
* U.N.: 150,000-200,000 fled to North West Frontier Province in past
few days
* Pakistan's offensive against Taliban has overwhelmed medical resources
* Doctors say hospitals are ill equipped to deal with injuries from
fighting
* Pakistani officials expect as many as 500,000 civilians to flee
the Swat Valley ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- The United Nations' refugee agency warned
Friday of a "massive displacement" of civilians as Pakistan's military
broadens its offensive against Taliban militants in the country's
troubled northwest.
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