Despite Appeal, Still No International Force for Haiti

new york - The United Nations and the government of Haiti reiterated their appeal Tuesday for an international force to quickly deploy to the island nation to help subdue an unprecedented level of gang violence that has terrorized the population.

'Gangs have increasingly resorted to the deliberate killing of men, women and children with snipers positioned on rooftops,' the U.N.'s top official in Haiti, Helen La L