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The Lonely Warnew

The California accountant who tried to overthrow a foreign despot.
L.A. Weekly  |  Eric Pape  |  05-11-2011  |  International

Retired Russian Army Colonel Criticizes U.S. Actions in Iraq Even as Tanks Roll in Georgianew

Yuri Yuryevich, also a former journalist, says the idea of Russian censorship was concocted by the West -- investigative journalism no problem as long as president isn't criticized.
L.A. Weekly  |  Steven Leigh Morris  |  08-18-2008  |  International

Nowhere to Hidenew

I have been in many wars, but nowhere had I seen destruction on such a massive scale as I saw this month in Lebanon.
L.A. Weekly  |  Teun Voeten  |  08-31-2006  |  International

Down and Delirious in Mexico Citynew

At the fringes of the political clash that held the world's attention in early July, a mega-city lives on, slouching toward modernity and globalization.
L.A. Weekly  |  Daniel Hernandez  |  08-17-2006  |  International

Haiti's Hopenew

A country full of tortured contradictions searches for a future.
L.A. Weekly  |  Ben Ehrenreich  |  04-13-2006  |  International

An Untamable Voicenew

The Iraqi blogger Faiza Al-Araji comes to America.
L.A. Weekly  |  Mehammed Mack  |  04-06-2006  |  International

In Search of Genghis Hanknew

Jorge Hank Rhon has been called him a criminal, a murderer and the worst mayor in Tijuana history.
L.A. Weekly  |  Josh Kun  |  02-16-2006  |  International

Waiting for Prevalnew

Haiti's would-be president urges calm amid claims of election fraud.
L.A. Weekly  |  Ben Ehrenreich  |  02-16-2006  |  International

Silent Streetsnew

Haiti takes a break from the violence and votes.
L.A. Weekly  |  Ben Ehrenreich  |  02-09-2006  |  International

Interview With a Warlord: A Deposed Legend Tells His Side of the Storynew

Ismail Khan, the recently deposed warlord-governor of Herat Province in Afghanistan, claims he was removed from office because he wouldn't have allowed drug traffickers to move opium through his district.
L.A. Weekly  |  Ann Rachel Marlowe  |  10-19-2004  |  International

Northeast of Kandahar: 10 Days in Afghanistannew

In remote areas of Afghanistan, the Taliban still rule, and they're working hard to sabotage the country's first democratic elections scheduled for October. Teun Voeten accompanies U.S. troops who, along with the newly formed Afghan National Army, are trying to restore order.
L.A. Weekly  |  Teun Voeten  |  09-13-2004  |  International

Retired Analyst Discloses Motives for War in Iraqnew

Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski says she observed "a neoconservative coup, a hijacking of the Pentagon" when she worked in the Pentagon's Office of Special Plans during the year leading up to the invasion of Iraq.
L.A. Weekly  |  Marc Cooper  |  08-07-2004  |  International

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