New York/Colombo - More than 100,000 people are in mortal danger in Sri Lanka if security forces continue their offensive against dug-in rebels, the United Nations warned Wednesday.
John Holmes, the UN emergency relief coordinator, appealed to the Sri Lankan military to extend its holiday pause of operations against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
"The situation is simply catastrophic," said Holmes, who warned of a bloodbath if the army mounts what is expected to be one last tightening of the shrinking perimeter around the rebels.
New York - A group including Black Oak partners and several dealers is eyeing the purchase the Saturn subsidiary of General Motors (GM), the US carmaker said Wednesday.
But GM said that if the sale of Saturn is not "viable," then the line's "operations would be wound down over time."
In a statement, the Detroit automaker said that a panel of Saturn dealers had been "studying the feasibility" of a sale or spin-off. The only buyer GM identified by name was Black Oak Partners.
New York, Apr. 15 : Former Republican presidential candidate John McCain seems convinced that his former running mate Sarah Palin is not in a list of dynamic governors in the country.
On Monday''s "Tonight Show," Jay Leno asked the Arizona Senator to name the new guiding lights of the Republican Party, and McCain was quick to rattle off a list of "young, dynamic" governors around the country. Palin wasn''t one of them.
McCain singled out Louisana Governor Bobby Jindal, Florida Governor Charlie Christ, Minnesota''s Tim Pawlenty, and Mitt Romney.
The news is that a New York hospital has paid $20,000 for negligently shaving the beard, eyebrows, and mustache of an elderly Sikh patient at its facility.
In a press release, a US-based community coalition, United Sikhs said Westchester county healthcare has paid out the sum in an out of court settlement with the family of Pyara Singh Sahansra.
New York, April 15 : A judge presiding over the bitter New Jersey divorce case naming Bruce Springsteen as the "other man" has said that the petition will not be sealed.
Arthur Kelly had filed papers in a court on grounds of adultery by Ann, his wife of 17 years, who, he claimed, cheated on him with the rocker.
New York/Colombo - More than 100,000 people are in mortal danger in Sri Lanka if security forces continue their offensive against dug-in rebels, the United Nations warned Wednesday.
New York - A group including Black Oak partners and several dealers is eyeing the purchase the Saturn subsidiary of General Motors (GM), the US carmaker said Wednesday.
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New York, Apr. 15 : Former Republican presidential candidate John McCain seems convinced that his former running mate Sarah Palin is not in a list of dynamic governors in the country.
The news is that a New York hospital has paid $20,000 for negligently shaving the beard, eyebrows, and mustache of an elderly Sikh patient at its facility.
New York, April 15 : A judge presiding over the bitter New Jersey divorce case naming Bruce Springsteen as the "other man" has said that the petition will not be sealed.
