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The Courier-Journal
| over 3 years ago
With cargo jets roaring overhead, more than 130 Haitians in their best clothes gathered for a mournful Sunday morning church service under a rusty tin roof on the capital city's outskirts. The Rev. Jean Prenor Brisenault, who grew up in Port-au-...
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The Daily Star
| over 3 years ago
Rescuers have pulled a man alive from the rubble 11 days after Haiti’s devastating earthquake, raising hopes more survivors could be found even search efforts have been officially called off. Wismond Exantus, 25, said after his rescue on Saturday...
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Fox News
| over 3 years ago
Venezuela said Sunday that it and its leftist allies are going to help re-build earthquake-torn Haiti, perhaps challenging similar re-construction plans being largely led by the U.S. and the United Nations. Hugo Chavez, the president of Venezuela,...
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Macleans
| over 3 years ago
As a nurse of Haitian descent, Marie Leblanc's volunteer stint in Haiti will be bittersweet as she knows she will be able to help many people desperately in need, but her help will have come too late for her 18-month-old cousin. The baby boy was one...
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| over 3 years ago
The body of former Liberal MP Serge Marcil has been found in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Marcil, 65, had been staying at the Hotel Montana, which was destroyed in the earthquake that struck the impoverished Caribbean country 11 days ago.
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Taiwan News
| over 3 years ago
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 24 (CNA) Three volunteers from the Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation USA arrived in Haiti Sunday to assess the needs of earthquake victims in preparation for long-term aid and post-disaster reconstruction in the country.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| over 3 years ago
The Foreign Affairs Minister, Stephen Smith, says authorities in Haiti must get on with the job of delivering emergency food and shelter. The United Nations says Haiti's Government has declared an end to the search and rescue efforts. Hours after the...
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Jamaica Daily Gleaner
| over 3 years ago
After 2006, Haiti did improve from being a failed state to a fragile state...In a time of crisis, a country needs a functioning government more than ever. However, Haitian lawyer and activist Ezili Danto said after the January 12 earthquake, "The...
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Press TV
| over 3 years ago
Venezuela and Bolivia have criticized the United States for its response to the January 12 quake that devastated Haiti's capital, accusing US forces of occupying the country rather than helping its people. The United States which has dispatched...
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Hindustan times
| over 3 years ago
Separated by over 14,000 kilometers, there’s not much similarity between land-locked Nepal and the earthquake ravaged island nation of Haiti except their proximity in the UN Human Development Index—Nepal (144) and Haiti (149)---but trust love to...
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The independent
| over 3 years ago
Barren countryside, where no building is taller than a shack and virtually no industry exists beyond subsistence farms, gives way to concrete one-storey buildings. The city was built on a flat estuary, framed by the Caribbean to its west and hills to...
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The independent
| over 3 years ago
Today's travel section was due to lead with a feature about Haiti and its emergence as an adventurous destination for the next decade. Needless to say, when the earthquake hit we pulled the story; this is no time to discuss the pros and cons of...
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| over 3 years ago
The federal government has lifted the limit on the amount of money allocated for matching individual donations to Haitian earthquake relief, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Saturday. The body of former Liberal MP Serge Marcil has been found...
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| over 3 years ago
Lionel Ritchie, along with music producer Quincy Jones, say they will record a new version of the 1985 famine aid song We Are the World to help victims of Haiti's earthquake. Some of the most famous faces in entertainment are uniting in four...
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Jerusalem Post
| over 3 years ago
We see this as part of Israel's humanitarian outreach," said Herzog, referring to the massive Israeli medical operation that has already reached the Caribbean country over the past few weeks, including some 10 tons of medical equipment and more than...
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SwissInfo
| over 3 years ago
Marlène Hofstetter, head of international adoption at Lausanne-based organisation Terre des Hommes – Child Relief, warns of the dangers of rushing adoption procedures and says Swiss regulations are unsatisfactory. The 7.0-magnitude earthquake that...
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United Press International
| over 3 years ago
The Haitian government says the search-and-rescue phase of earthquake relief efforts are completed and teams are pushing forward with humanitarian aid. United Nations officials said Friday that 67 international search-and-rescue teams consisting of...
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Canada.com
| over 3 years ago
International businessman Yves Savain says he can look five years down the road in Haiti and see tens of thousands of workers earning $4 or more an hour producing everything from shirts and socks to electronics. Savain, who left Haiti as a teenager...
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CANA Caribbean News
| over 3 years ago
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders are not expected to hold a special summit to discuss the devastation to Haiti, one of the 15 members of the CARICOM grouping, Edwin Carrington, the Secretary General of the regional body...
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Toronto Star
| over 3 years ago
From school bake sales to "text donations" to loonies and toonies dropped in corner store collection boxes, Canadians are donating by the thousands to help Haitians struggling in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake. That flood of donations is...
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China Post
| over 3 years ago
Officials from the Foreign Ministry, Defense Ministry, Joint Chiefs of Staff and military are to be on the team. The Foreign Ministry finalized plans to send troops -- mostly consisting of mechanics -- to Haiti on Thursday following a U.N. call for...
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CNN
| over 3 years ago
International search teams have rescued 132 people since the 7.0-magnitude quake rocked Haiti on January 12, the U.N. said. While the search-and-rescue phase was ending, humanitarian and relief efforts were still being ramped up, the U.N. said. The...
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Hindustan times
| over 3 years ago
India, a co-sponsor in a General Assembly resolution that supports emergency relief and rehabilitation for the Haiti earthquake victims, on Saturday assured its support in rebuilding the Caribbean nation. "We will do whatever is in our power to...
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Taiwan News
| over 3 years ago
President Ma Ying-jeou called on domestic groups yesterday to adopt orphans from Haiti, an action which could result in a miraculous improvement in Taiwan's image as a humanitarian country. Ma said the whole world had seen Taiwan's efforts to rescue...
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Trinidad Express
| over 3 years ago
Aabida Allaham Saturday, January 23rd 2010 food at last: Haitians carry bags of beans from a US aid distribution point in Port-au-Prince yesterday. Muslims of Trinidad and Tobago organisation have retuned from the quake-stricken nation of Haiti...
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Trinidad Express
| over 3 years ago
Dale Enoch is now stranded in the Dominican Republic after his passport went missing. The I95.5 FM Head of News and Current Affairs and his colleague, Head of Production Jerome Lewis, have been covering the aftermath of the catastrophic 7.0...
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News Day
| over 3 years ago
Caricom Secretary-General Edwin Carrington yesterday said via teleconference from Caricom headquarters in Guyana, that the search was continuing for Trinidadian Gregory Mc Alpin and others who are feared dead after the Hotel Montana where they were...
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E! Online
| over 3 years ago
To change your settings, go to your preferences. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong Sean Penn has never been one to sit tight and let others do the dirty work. The two-time Oscar winner toured earthquake-ravaged Haiti Friday after arriving in town with 11...
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Canadian Free Press
| over 3 years ago
Because Haiti is a relatively poor country, the damage was extensive. Buildings, not built to withstand earthquake activity, collapsed killing and injuring many inside. Estimates of the number killed have reached as high as 200,000 people. The...
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The Salt Lake City Tribune
| over 3 years ago
Now it appears it will be hard to leave for Salt Lake City volunteers with Healing Hands for Haiti. Jeffrey Randle, a Salt Lake City physician who founded the non-profit 12 years ago, and his team of 18 doctors and nurses were running out of supplies...
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Seattle Times
| over 3 years ago
U.S. officials say a new accord with the United Nations formally gives the American military a supporting role in international relief efforts in Haiti, but keeps them in charge of the Caribbean nation's airspace, ports and roads...Ambassador Susan...
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The Virgin Island Daily News
| over 3 years ago
Guest editorial Haiti needs more than quick fixes Mariel Blake Friday, January 22nd 2010 For over a week now we have been inundated with horrific and heroic images from Haiti. You would have to be completely heartless to not be moved by the stories...
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Zee News
| over 3 years ago
UN personnel dead, 180 missing in the Haiti quake Updated on Friday, January 22, 2010, 00:42 IST United Nations: Sixty-one UN personnel are confirmed dead in quake devastated Haiti and 180 are still missing, the world body said on Thursday, as it...
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All Africa
| over 3 years ago
Individual Efforts Do Count Randall Smith 22 January 2010 opinion With the devastating earthquake in Haiti, several friends have asked what the tragedy means for Africa. In other words, will the world's focus turn to this small Caribbean island at...
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CNN
| over 3 years ago
Another aftershock rocked Haiti on Friday...At a park in the capital that has become a tent city, a group of kids resumed their soccer game. Aftershocks have become a way of life in this devastated country along with so many other life-threatening...
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United Press International
| over 3 years ago
A 4.4-magnitude aftershock Friday shook Port-au-Prince, Haiti, still reeling from last week's devastating 7-magnitude earthquake. The aftershock was about 15 miles away from the Haitian capital and about 6.2 miles deep, the U.S.
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Voice of America
| over 3 years ago
A team of 81 Indonesian rescue workers bound for earthquake-devastated Haiti arrived home Friday, one week after leaving and without setting foot in a country. Indonesia, a country intimately familiar with natural disaster, began pooling...
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Epoch Times
| over 3 years ago
A young Haitian boy injured in last week's devastating earthquake is carried by two members of the U.S. Navy to a waiting medical evacuation helicopter for treatment Jan. 21 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Aid organizations report shortages and slow...
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Inquirer.net
| over 3 years ago
Top British music acts offered Friday a dazzling array of gifts, from guitars to a live concert in your garden, to be auctioned off to raise money for Haiti's quake victims. Coldplay and the Arctic Monkeys are among the bands that have come together...
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Inquirer.net
| over 3 years ago
Haiti's economy recorded a "quite robust growth" of 2.0 percent in 2009 before being hit by a devastating earthquake, the UN's Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean said Thursday...The improvement in Haiti, the poorest country in...
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Trinidad Express
| over 3 years ago
Pray for a miracle Trini missing in Haiti by Juhel Browne jbrowne@trinidadexpress.com Friday, January 22nd 2010 no word: Gregory McAlpin Foreign Affairs Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon is calling on all Trinidad and Tobago nationals to ’pray for a...
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Trinidad Express
| over 3 years ago
Red Cross gets $25,000 from golf charity Camille Bethel cbethel@trinidadexpress.com Friday, January 22nd 2010 A $25,000 cheque from the organisers of the Prime Minister’s Charity Golf Tournament was added yesterday to the funds being raised by the...
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The Independent
| over 3 years ago
The urgent disaster appeal has become a grand media event used by politicians to stamp themselves as caring, and aid agencies to raise general funds. Only a part will end up with the victims, and little, if any at all, will be processed in time to do...
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Bradenton Herald
| over 3 years ago
Fraser said he asked for the 2,000 extra Marines now on their way to Haiti because the military has been getting more requests for troops who can escort the humanitarian assistance to various areas. Officials are still trying to determine exactly...
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Seattle Times
| over 3 years ago
R&B superstar Rihanna says she will perform a new song called "Stranded" with rapper Jay-Z and U2's The Edge and Bono at Friday's "Hope for Haiti" telethon in London. Rihanna says she feels drawn to the cause because of Haiti's proximity to her home...
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Scoop
| over 3 years ago
Haitians are a people of strong faith, which sustains and comforts them during this difficult time,” the Secretary-General added, while stressing that the people of the small Caribbean nation need massive support at this crucial time. “Haiti needs...
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Hindustan times
| over 3 years ago
The World Bank said today it was waiving Haiti's debt payments for the next five years due to the devastation caused by the earthquake and is studying efforts to cancel the nation's remaining debt. In a statement, the Washington-based multilateral...
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Caribbean360
| over 3 years ago
Caribbean and South America, for a telethon to raise funds for earthquake relief in Haiti. The telethon will run in prime time, between 8 pm and 9 pm tonight. FirstCaribbean has already established accounts in the 15 countries in which it operates...
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Seattle Times
| over 3 years ago
Simon Cowell is planning a charity single to benefit victims of the earthquake in Haiti. The "American Idol" and "X-Factor" judge may use singers Susan Boyle, Leona Lewis and other familiar voices on the single. He says British leaders asked him to...
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Trinidad Express
| over 3 years ago
This was the advice from University of Texas scientist, Paul Mann, to citizens of this country who may fear an earthquake strikes here following a massive 7.0 quake that devastated Haiti last week and a 6.1 aftershock in that country yesterday. For...
