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Can they unscramble the Haiti mess? *
A shattered nation, and foreign powers who don't learn from past mistakes are no recipe for nation-building, say DAVID MALONE and KIRSTI SAMUELS. [More]

Nadine Gordimer: *
Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer reminds critics that the new South Africa has had only "one bare decade" to make change, writes STEPHANIE NOLEN. [More]

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WTO TALKS: Do they matter? *
With an orgy of bilateral and regional trade arrangements of their own, do the world's richest countries still need a global trade agreement? You bet they do, says MADELAINE DROHAN [More]