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India's presence in Sri Lanka's northeast inadvertently brought even greater misery to the country's south. There, the extremist People's Liberation Front (J.V.P.), a Sinhalese chauvinist group, protested the foreign intervention with a barrage of murders and strikes that created near anarchy. The government replied by dispatching death squads to assassinate suspected J.V.P. cadres. The retaliation campaign worked -- since late last year the J.V.P. has been virtually inactive -- but at great cost. In all, some 17,000 people died in the attacks and counterattacks...
...town -- 40% of whom are elderly -- don't have cars. When they want to get out of Bishop, they go down to the terminal and take the 1:30 p.m. Greyhound to Los Angeles (6 1/2 hours southwest, $35.50) or the midnight run to Reno (5 hours northeast, $19.95). "Without Greyhound," says ranch hand Luis Perez, "I am a prisoner here...
Nearby is a multicolored basket weaving done by a Native American in the Northeast for the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. "Whoever was doing this had a lot of fun, putting it together," said Brown, pointing to the miniature baskets and flowers hanging off the side and the words "forget me not" woven at the top. "We call it a 'whatnot,'" he said...
...them roam free in the aisles has its own hazards. But at least two food chains have come up with a savvy solution: pint-size shopping carts for children to push -- and fill -- right along with Mom or Dad. A&P has supplied eight of its stores in the Northeast with the little carts, while Florida-based Publix is using them in the Southeast. A&P imports the carts from West Germany at a cost of $70 each, about the same price as for the regular-size U.S.-made version...
Today: Cloudy with rain or snow likely. High near 40. Wind becoming northeast 10 to 20 mph. Tonight: A chance of snow early, then remaining mostly cloudy. Low 20 to 25. Tomorrow: Cloudy. A chance of snow during the afternoon. High around...