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...This awkward moment­—the kind in which only one party realizes that the interaction is bizarre and the other believes they are behaving in a completely normal fashion—is characteristic of the tender Israeli comedy “The Band’s Visit.” In this much-lauded film, the eight members of the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra find themselves stranded in Israel when they take the wrong bus on their way to a performance. They are forced to spend the night with a café-owner and her friend. Naturally...

Author: By Anjali Motgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Band's Visit | 2/22/2008 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Page | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

...humanitarian surge," not only in financial resources but also for other NGOs to set up shop in Iraq rather than work remotely in neighboring Jordan. It is necessary, he says, "if we want this current security leading to tangible sustainability." His point was echoed during the recent visit by Angelina Jolie, a U.N. goodwill ambassador, when she expressed concern for the millions of Iraqis affected by the war and stated a need for "a real presence here to help count the people and register the people" displaced by the conflict...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq's Need: A Humanitarian Surge | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

...Visit Sam Ouandja's school early in the morning, and you'll find headmaster Idrice Patrice lining up dozens of grubby but excited children and then teaching French class in shifts, 50 kids at a time. Head to the nearby open-pit mines the same afternoon, and you'll find Patrice, again, this time bearing a shovel and sweating as he digs in search of one precious stone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Darfur Represents Hope | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

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