An additional 13 markets are expected to launchin 2009, including Spain, Italy, France, Argentina and Brazil, the largestindividual markets after the U.S * Institutions ordering RELISTOR up 27%: The number of U.S. spokesman in Sri Lanka said more than 100 children were killed in the “blood bath” as the government tries to wipe out the last remnants of Tamil Tiger rebels.The stakes could not be higher for either Sri Lanka, which does not want its impending victory in the 25-year war snatched away, or the Tigers, who have vowed no surrender despite facing overwhelming numbers, force and odds.Miliband and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner hosted a meeting on Monday of concerned U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a statement through his spokeswoman saying that he, too, was appalled.In the latest and largest reported assault on civilians trapped in the war zone, hundreds of people were reported killed on Sunday and Monday in artillery barrages that struck the narrow strip of territory that separatist rebels control.A U.N. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Britain’s foreign minister and the U.N.

chief said on Monday they were appalled by reports that hundreds of Sri Lankan civilians were killed over the weekend in what the United Nations called a “blood bath.” World  |  China  |  Russia  |  JapanBritish Foreign Secretary David Miliband also raised doubts about whether Colombo could be trusted to use a $1.9 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund appropriately.”I am appalled by reports that came out of Sri Lanka over the weekend of mass civilian casualties,” he told reporters ahead of a U.N Security Council meeting on unrelated matters.U.N. The United States and Britain are pushing a ceasefire, while Russia and China have backed Sri Lanka’s opposition to a truce.Sri Lankan Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa said the LTTE timed the attack to come just before the meeting, the daily newspaper the Island reported on Monday.The LTTE has been fighting an all-out civil war since 1983 to create a separate state for minority Tamils in northern and eastern Sri Lanka.(Writing by Bryson Hull; Editing by Alex Richardson) World China Russia France. Security Council was due to have another informal meeting over Sri Lanka on Monday with the foreign ministers of Britain and France, who had a stormy visit to Sri Lanka at the end of April, due to attend.The council is split over whether to elevate discussion of Sri Lanka’s war to a formal level where it could act. Security Council ‘as a matter of urgency’ to take all measures capable of genuinely preventing any further massacres,” TamilNet quoted LTTE diplomatic head Selvarajah Pathmanathan as saying.Pathmanathan for years was the LTTE’s chief weapons smuggler and is wanted by Interpol.Diplomats said the U.N. We know LTTE is in full control and these public servants are under pressure,” Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe told reporters, referring to the doctors.The pro-rebel web site quoted a senior LTTE official as saying that 2,000 people had been killed, and denied the rebels were responsible.”We call upon the international community and the U.N. In the shelling there should be more dead, around 1,000,” said a man who identified himself as Thurairajah Varatharajan, the senior medical officer for the district.NO INDEPENDENCEGetting a clear picture of events in the war zone — known as the Wanni — is next to impossible, as it is generally closed to outsiders and those within it are not fully independent of pressure that is often applied at gunpoint.”Nothing that comes out of the Wanni can be objective and independent. spokesman Gordon Weiss said.The United Nations warned in an internal briefing document in March that civilians could be killed either by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) trying to manufacture a slaughter to blame the government, or in an indiscriminate military advance.The rebels blamed the government, which in turn said the LTTE had fired on the people it has been holding hostage for months in a last-minute move to secure international pressure for a truce to stave off defeat.A doctor in the war zone, paid by the government but whose personal safety is at the whim of the Tigers, said at least 433 bodies had been brought to a makeshift hospital, and 1,347 people had been wounded in two days of shelling.”Most of the dead bodies are in the road, houses and everywhere.

World  |  China  |  Russia  |  FranceIn the latest and largest reported assault on civilians trapped in the war zone, hundreds of people were reported killed on Sunday and Monday in artillery barrages that struck the less than 5 sq km (2 sq mile) strip of territory the separatist rebels control.The stakes could not be higher for either Sri Lanka, which does not want its impending conventional victory in the 25-year-war snatched away, or the Tigers, who have vowed no surrender despite facing overwhelming numbers, force and odds.”We’ve been consistently warning against a bloodbath, and the large-scale killing of civilians including more than 100 children this weekend appears to show that the bloodbath has become a reality,” U.N. The 30-year bond yield was about 29basis points below the U.S. 30-year yield, compared with around34 basis points below on Friday. (Editing by Peter Galloway) Currencies  |  Bonds  |  Global Markets Currencies Bonds Global Markets. COLOMBO (Reuters) — The United Nations on Monday said attacks in Sri Lanka that killed hundreds were the bloodbath it had long feared, while the Tamil Tigers and government traded blame ahead of U.N Security Council talks about the war. The 30-year bond was rose 80 Canadian cents to C$118.90 toyield 3.888 percent Canadian bonds underperformed their U.S counterpartsacross most of the curve. as stocksseem to be losing a bit of momentum,” said Sheldon Dong, fixedincome analyst at TD Waterhouse Private Investment.

Dong said Canadian bonds rallied alongside the bigger U.S.Treasury market, which got a boost as the U.S. Federal Reservebought $3.5 billion worth of Treasuries as part of its plan tokeep borrowing costs low. [ID:nN11527919] The benchmark two-year Canadian government bond ended up 8Canadian cents at C$100.33 to yield 1.089 percent, while the10-year bond rallied 50 Canadian cents to C$105.50 to yield3.109 percent. BOND PRICES HIGHER Canadian bond prices snapped a recent skid and closedhigher across the curve as the weakness in equities boosted theappeal of more secure government debt “It’s just a bounce-back from last Friday … Toronto’s key stock market index ended down 1.4 percentwhile the Dow Jones industrial average slipped 1.8 percent. The next economic indicators that could influence theCanadian dollar are Tuesday’s international merchandise tradereport for March and Friday’s manufacturing survey. But its momentum stalled in the North American session andit retreated to close at C$1.1658 to the U.S dollar, or 85.78U.S cents, down from C$1.1497 to the U.S dollar, or 86.98U.S cents, at Friday’s close.

5, ina move pegged to follow-through from Friday, when NorthAmerican jobs data came in stronger than expected and boostedrisk appetite. “Everyone is looking at the equities and how the marketsare paring back on positions that have turned out favorable forthem in the last few weeks.” Canada’s currency rallied overnight to C$1.1476 to the U.S.dollar, or 87.14 U.S cents, its highest level since Nov. Positivephase 2 clinical results demonstrated potent activity, favorable tolerabilityand the convenience of potential weekly self-administration. The Companyrecently amended this clinical study to evaluate a subcutaneously administeredloading dose of PRO 140 Progenics plans to meet with the U.S. Food and DrugAdministration to discuss the design of additional studies * Appointed Peter J. Crowley to the Board of Directors as an independentdirector also serving on the Company`s Audit Committee Mr.