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September 2008

I Try to Help

Some small talk at a Dubai Starbucks and then, unexpectedly, Ihab gets serious


June 2008

Tour of Duty

Getting the hell out of Kabul: a Canadian soldier’s guide.

Extraordinary Chambers

Who will be convicted of the Khmer Rouge’s war crimes?

Poaching Foreign Doctors

Do our development and immigration policies amount to foreign aid in reverse?

Review: An Imperfect Offering

James Orbinski’s life as a humanitarian doctor

Coca Si, Cocaina No

Plants, politics, and cocaine in Bolivia. A special audio slideshow


May 2008

Free Delivery

Birth in the Americas’ poorest country

When Guns Are Silenced

A mourning mother’s peace mission

War Child: Q&A

An interview with Samantha Nutt, founder of War Child Canada

Latrine Graffiti, Kuwait and Afghanistan

American soldiers’ restroom graffiti in Afghanistan and Kuwait

It’s Hard to be a Saint in Sao Paulo

Stories and scenes from Brazil’s largest city


April 2008

Latrine Graffiti, Kuwait and Afghanistan

American soldiers’ restroom graffiti in Afghanistan and Kuwait

Unsafe Practices

Can the Masai reconcile tradition with the realities of HIV?

War Child: Q&A

An interview with Samantha Nutt, founder of War Child Canada


February 2008

Exclusive Photos: Kenya on the Brink

An exclusive photo gallery and essay traces the post-election violence in Kenya


December 2007

Mission Not Yet Accomplished

How Iraq figures in Big Oil’s dreams

Road of Fire

The war in Afghanistan will be won or lost on Highway 1

To Die For

Activist design collective Fabrica uses icons of consumer culture to contrast lives in the affluent West with those in war-torn Darfur


October 2007

The Show Must Go On

Qatar’s expats confront tragedy

Campesino Justice

A Mexican experiment that went too well

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