Sri Lanka Crisis Update: Up To 200,000 Civilians Remain in Harm's Way

The New York Times reports that "[a]s many as 200,000 civilians are trapped in a war zone in northern Sri Lanka," sleeping in the open or hiding in trenches as food, water and medical supplies run out and artillery shells explode among them." The 25-year civil war has claimed at least 70,000 lives thus far, including 14 deaths on Tuesday from a suicide bombing. The Economist provides a helpful summary on the situation. Time reports on today's death of a senior Tamil Tiger leader.