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Back to normal-sized balls for the last couple of nights. At this point, people are starting to zone in on papers and finals—balls, however, can still be fun, even if not given one's undivided attention...
...Abrams The director and Emmy Award-winning producer of ABC's series Lost is a past TIME 100 honoree Geoffrey Canada, founder of the nonprofit Harlem Children's Zone, recognizes the potential of all children and gives them the support they desperately need. The children whose lives his work touches will be the inventors, dreamers, doctors and leaders you'll be reading about in years to come...
...Lankan government estimates some 15,000 civilians are still trapped in the war zone; the U.N. says the number could be as high as 50,000. And food and medicine have been in short supply on the Tigers' side of the line. "For a family of four, they would give rations sufficient for two," Rageswari said, three days after fleeing the fighting while meeting a group of journalists flown in by the Sri Lankan military to Putumattalan, about a kilometer (half a mile) from the frontline...
...Meanwhile, several countries are trying to help forge a truce - or at least a temporary suspension of fighting - so government troops can get the remaining civilians out of the war zone. The Sri Lankan president met with high-ranking officials from India, just after its government condemned the killing of Tamil civilians. The U.S. has also expressed concern over the dangers faced by civilians, and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner is expected to visit the country in the coming days. The Tigers have indicated their willingness to agree to a truce but, according to U.N. officials, are still preventing civilians...
...Buhne told TIME that the government had agreed to let his team send experts into the no-fire zone for a short assessment visit. "There will be a cessation of hostilities during the time the team remains in the no-fire zone," he said. "The purpose is to assess the situation there and also identify means to get the remaining civilians...