Archive for January 21st, 2010

Haiti earthquake: U.S. army prepares Guantanamo Bay for waves of refugees

January 21, 2010
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Haiti earthquake: U.S. army prepares Guantanamo Bay for waves of refugees

By Mail Foreign Service Last updated at 6:20 PM on 21st January 2010 The U.S. has begun preparing Guantanamo Bay for Haitians migrants in case of a mass exodus  spurred by the earthquake. Officials confirmed that about 100 tents, each capable of holding 10 people, have been erected already. They have more than 1,000...
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Please watch this Mark Fiore Editorial Cartoon about Haiti

January 21, 2010
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Please watch this Mark Fiore Editorial Cartoon about Haiti

Mark Fiore, who the Wall Street Journal recently called “the undisputed guru of the form,” creates animated political cartoons from an undisclosed location somewhere in San Francisco. His work appears regularly in a wide variety of online news web sites and is seen by millions.
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It is hard to imagine, but drive half an hour north from the centre of shattered Port-au-Prince and the plight of the people gets even worse.

January 21, 2010
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It is hard to imagine, but drive half an hour north from the centre of shattered Port-au-Prince and the plight of the people gets even worse.

By Tom Leonard in Cité Soleil
Published: 6:00AM GMT 21 Jan 2010 Anna Zizi receives a drink of water after being pulled alive from the rubble of Haiti’s devastating earthquake, one week after the city was reduced to ruins Photo: PA The wretchedly poor inhabitants of Cité Soleil, Haiti’s biggest and most notorious slum, had...
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