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Rum, Restlessness and Resentment in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Nov. 19) -- Against all odds, 27-year-old Moise is wearing a Boy Scouts of America shirt, troop No. 60. He's got it unbuttoned low enough to show off his tattoos. One of which translates to "Say nothing." Untucked, the shirt is just long enough to hide the handgun he has hidden in his...

Out of Tragedy, Some Good News

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (July 13) -- Since January, news reports about the progress of earthquake recovery in Haiti have been largely negative. It is impossible to ignore 1.5 million Haitians living in the streets. But often, the bad news rises to the top because good news is harder to define. The earthquake in Haiti is an...

'Very Weak' Girl Rescued From Ruins of Haiti School

(Jan. 27) – A 17-year-old girl is the latest unlikely survivor of the catastrophic earthquakes that have ravaged Haiti. Fifteen days after the initial 7.0 quake leveled much of Port-au-Prince, Darlene Etienne was discovered by a rescue team, pulled from the rubble of the Collège St. Gerard middle school and taken...

Haiti Quake Survivors Overwhelm Ferry

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 20) -- Breathlessly, they came, carrying suitcases, plastic bags and just about anything that would hold the few belongings they still had. Thousands of Haitian people, most of them homeless, have flooded the port, hoping for a ticket to hope, onboard a ferry, being paid for by the Haitian...

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05/23/12 Egypt set for historic presidential poll Source: Namibia News About 20 candidates have registered for Haiti's presidential election, which is set for November.
05/22/12 "An investigation by Haiti Grassroots Watch (HGW) in... Source: IRE (Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc) Working together with a local official, two humanitarian institutions have â unwittingly or not â contributed to the deforestation of part of Morne L'HÃ´pital, a mountain that overlooks the capital and which is under special environmental protection.
05/19/12 2 Americans detained in Haiti in pro-army march Source: Sify Desrosiers said he knew nothing about the three people held overnight, but each of them told the AP that government prosecutor Jean-Renel Senatus told them they had to stay at the police station until they answered questions with an attorney and an interpreter about how they knew Petrie.
05/17/12 Project Phoenix, Haiti And International Electric... Source: The Huffington Post Ever since a devastating earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, the country has suffered from a severe sanitation crisis.
05/16/12 Helping Haiti Heal Source: The Huffington Post Over two years since the devastating January 12, 2012 earthquake, half a million Haitians still live in tent camps where food, water, employment, and hope are in short supply.