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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National Post news services Published: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 UN, Logan Abassi, Reuters . CANADIAN FORCES Canadian troops have begun flying into the southern coastal town of Jacmel — bypassing the clogged airport in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince. Canadian Forces personnel set to work in Jacmel, delivering food, water and medical assistance from HMCS Halifax...
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—-RETURNING TO HAITI TO PLUNDER AGAIN—- 5 YEARS AGO HE STOLE $1,500,000.00 us FROM PORT-AU-PRINCE’S NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY. UPON CONVICTION HE PROMISED TO REPAY FUNDS AT $150,000.00 A TIME. GAVE ONE CHECK AND FLED TO BOSTON. CHECK BOUNCED. RAN CHARISMATIC CON GAME IN BOSTON CLAIMING MIRACLES IN CURES OF CANCER AND HIV THROUGH PRAYER....
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20 January 0602 EST a 6 point aftershock wakens Haiti to another day of reality. Crews are still digging for bodies, and possible survivors. One student was rescued from the debris of University of Port-au-Prince, leaving hundreds of his fellow students behind. President Preval is nowhere to be seen. He has effectively abandoned his...
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By Fred W. Baker III-
American Forces Press Service PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. 20, 2010 – An early morning aftershock shook the sleeping soldiers here from their bags as the building swayed and creaked for a few seconds. “It was like: ‘Whoah! Is somebody shaking me awake or was the ground moving?’” said Army Maj. J.T....
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By PAUL HAVEN and MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press Writers Paul Haven And Michelle Faul, Associated Press Writers – 9 mins ago PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The most powerful aftershock yet struck Haiti on Wednesday, shaking more rubble from damaged buildings and sending screaming people running into the streets eight days after the country’s capital was devastated by...
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- By Justin Blum and Chris Dolmetsch Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) — More U.S. troops are arriving in Haiti today after the American commander on the ground said that security must be improved to ensure aid reaches survivors of last week’s earthquake. “We need a safe and secure environment to be successful,” U.S. Southern Command...
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Photo: AP Red Cross rescuers help a man injured during scuffles among people taking goods from quake-damaged stores in Port-au-Prince, 18 Jan 2010 U.S. and U.N. officials say the flow of aid to destitute Haitian earthquake survivors is improving, despite continued looting, gang activity, and scuffles on the streets of Port-au-Prince. U.S. helicopters are...
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