AOL News Team - Carmen Gentile

Radio News Project Helps Haitians Survive

posted: 35 days 1 hour ago

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Feb. 5) -- Amid the continuing chaos of post-quake Haiti, solid information is a valuable commodity, and a novel group of local and foreign journalists is working long days to make su ...

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Haitian Kidnapping Arrests Reflect Adoption Chaos

posted: 37 days 21 hours ago

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Feb. 2) -- A group of American activists remained in jail today on charges they intended to traffic 33 children out of earthquake-ravaged Haiti. The Americans claim the childre ...

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US Sailor From Haiti Longs for Loved Ones

posted: 47 days 8 hours ago

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 23) -- Amid the long hours spent preparing meals for sailors on a U.S. navy vessel just miles off the Haitian shore, Natalia Maxius wonders what happened to loved ones jus ...

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In Haiti, U.S. Military Relief Effort Finally Finds Its Rhythm

posted: 49 days 7 hours ago

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 22) --The scene at an overgrown former golf course on the outskirts of the quake-ravaged Haitian capital suggests that the U.S. military is finally getting the measure of ...

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In Haiti, US Military Relief Effort Finds Its Rhythm

posted: 49 days 20 hours ago

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 22) --The scene at an overgrown former golf course on the outskirts of the quake-ravaged Haitian capital suggests that the U.S. military is finally getting the measure of ...

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A Fragile Key to the Exit: Training Afghan Forces

posted: 101 days 1 hour ago

President Barack Obama's plan to get U.S. troops out of Afghanistan in three years without yielding it to the Taliban hinges on training Afghan army and police forces. So far, after spending more tha ...

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Honduras Election Leaves Muddle In Its Wake

posted: 102 days 7 hours ago

MIAMI (Nov. 30) -- Five months after a coup that was initially condemned by the Obama administration, voters in Honduras chose a new president in elections that Washington approved but most Latin Ame ...

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Opinion: Some Smart Non-Military Moves for Afghanistan

posted: 109 days 6 hours ago

KABUL (Nov. 23) -- As President Barack Obama finalizes his plans for a new phase of a war that now seems to be a deadly stalemate, attention has focused largely on how many additional U.S. troops he ...

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Karzai's Default Win Saps Afghan Democracy

posted: 130 days 10 hours ago

KABUL -- Hamid Karzai was declared the winner of Afghanistan's presidential election after opponent Abdullah Abdullah's tearful decision to pull out under protest. Karzai's victory by default douses ...

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Bloodlines Are Key to Afghan Elections

posted: 140 days 3 hours ago

KABUL -- Afghanistan's much-anticipated second and decisive round of presidential elections could prove disappointing to those hoping the country will select a leader based solely on merit. Despite ...

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