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Occupied Again
The first independent country of the Americas-but Eduardo Galeano asks will Haiti ever be free?
From child soldier to civilian - a tough transition in Colombia
Having handed in their weapons, former child soldiers face a new battle - for acceptance into society. Seth Biderman reports.
Tents beyond tents
A cartoon introduction to life in the camps in and around Port-au-Prince.
Guns and Bread: how mercenaries moved into aid
Michael Lewis explores what happens when private security companies muscle in to 'deliver aid'.
Haiti: where did all the money go?
More than $10 billion was raised worldwide for Haiti after the earthquake. But, two years on, what have NGOs done with the cash? Nick Harvey investigates.
Haiti two years on: beyond relief, beyond belief
Haiti is not just recovering from the
earthquake but from the political and
economic interventions of recent decades, as
Phillip Wearne explains.
Arms trade infographic
The 'war on terror' saw the west splurge its peace dividend in a frenzy of arms spending. Check out some astonishing facts and figures...
The clout of the arms industry
The arms trade tends to have the government's ear. Why, wonders Dinyar Godrej, when it is so counter-productive?
Gardening in the margins
Derelict inner-city sites are being transformed by green-fingered volunteers, writes Anna Weston.
The shadow world: corruption in the arms trade
Andrew Feinstein examines the corrupt networks of arms deals.
Johnson & Johnson shuns poor people with HIV
On World AIDS Day, a stark reminder of how Big Pharma drug patents deny HIV treatment to the developing world.
The food rush
Maize and wheat are hot assets, right up there with gold. But since investors piled into food markets, the poorest can no longer afford to eat. Hazel Healy gets to grips with the commodity speculators.
Let’s end corruption – starting with Wall Street
As the #OccupyWallStreet protests continue to grow, Mark Engler agrees that the bankers must be held to account for their ill-gotten gains.
Egypt's freedom harvest
Rami Zurayk says the Arab uprisings offer a unique chance to embrace food sovereignty.
Kibera's vertical farms
Slum dwellers are using urban agriculture as a buffer to market shocks, report Danielle Nierenberg and Jessie Chang.
Peruvians rise up against the mines
The scale of indigenous-led protests against mining in southern Peru took most by surprise. Vanessa Baird on what led to such flare-ups.
Dying for a soup
An estimated 73 million sharks are slaughtered every year for their fins, with 110 species now facing extinction, reports Claire C.
We will remove Bashar
Undercover journalist Daniel Wiggins gives an inside view on Syria's protest movements.
Avatar for real
From Canada to Congo, from India to Australia, indigenous communities are fighting for their lives and livelihoods.
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