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Total tops Iraq at that war’s height.

Indiscriminate shelling is a daily reality in Zabadani, where nonviolent protests turned to guns after the regime began killing protesters.

It's past time for a speedy withdrawal of all UN soldiers from Haiti.

The Western media's focus on the importance of Islamist parties in the country's political landscape is dangerously misplaced.

Recently-released WikiLeaks cables reveal that Haiti's self-appointed guardians—the US, EU and UN—supported an election in the country despite obvious evidence that it was severely flawed. 

The Nation's Dan Coughlin and Haïti Liberté's Kim Ives continue their exposé on the WikiLeaks Haiti cables.

Despite a veneer of red cross assistance and earthquake relief volunteers, it seems that a new cold war is developing in Haiti, this time between the north and south of the western hemisphere.

The US government's policy toward Cuba is imperial, irrational, arguably insane. It's time to change it.

Bush may crow about a new constitution, but he can't deny that autocrats, theocrats and terrorists are clearly in control.

True democracy could still come to Iraq.