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The Uruguayan surveillance plane was monitoring the Dominican Republic border as part of its tasks with the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti. Most of those on board were military officers, a police officer told AFP...The nation has long been ravaged...

Those we remember today were patrolling from the skies, but they could see something farther on the horizon: a brighter and more hopeful future for all the people of Haiti,” Mr. Ban said in a message to a memorial service...

Ministry, Manuel Checo and Yendi Vásquez, died yesterday when the helicopter in which they traveled crashed into a mountainside in this southern province. AT 3:52 the information was received that an aircraft had precipitated in the community El Limon in...

Newly selected Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive has vowed to further Haiti's pro-business stance, as the country looks to capitalise on the domestic and international outpouring of business interests looking at investment opportunities in Haiti.   That's according to the...

Senate president to speak at conference in Florida Daily News Staff Tuesday, December 1st 2009 Senate president to speak at conference in Florida Senate President Louis Hill will represent the Virgin Islands as he speaks today at a conference in...

The political party of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide will be barred from legislative elections scheduled for February 28, Haitian elections officials said on Wednesday. The decision drew immediate criticism from Aristide, a onetime populist hero in Haiti who was ousted...

Federal prosecutors in Miami want the maximum prison sentences for five men convicted of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices. Prosecutors said in court papers filed Monday a federal judge should reject pleas for leniency.

Haiti— Haitian senators have taken a key first step toward replacing the prime minister they ousted a week ago. In a 22-0 vote Friday, lawmakers affirmed that planning and external cooperation minister Jean-Max Bellerive meets constitutional requirements to be prime...

Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis has been removed from office by a Senate vote. Eighteen of 29 senators voted to censure her in the early Friday hours. The decision leaves Haiti without a head of government or cabinet and could imperil...

Haiti's president has turned to a member of his Cabinet to replace the prime minister, who was abruptly removed by a Senate vote. Haiti's President Rene Preval designated planning minister Jean-Max Bellerive as the new prime minister Friday after Haitian...