By Steve Sternberg, USA TODAY The U.S. Navy hospital ship Comfort pulled up anchor Tuesday in Port-au-Prince and began the long trip home to Baltimore, ending its role in Operation Unified Response-Haiti. The ship’s departure brings to a close a dramatic naval mission launched three days after the Haitian earthquake Jan. 12, when the...
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Clinton joins call for quick Haiti elections (AFP) – 3 hours ago WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined Haitian President Rene Preval Tuesday in calling for new elections in quake-hit Haiti as soon as possible. Legislative polls, originally set for February and March, were postponed after the January 12 earthquake that...
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In a whirl of limbs and with eyes bulging, the woman is helped to a squat in the ramshackle shed and starts cackling maniacally like a terrified chicken. “Kaaaa! Ka-ka-ka-ka-ka-ka,” she screams and stutters, her right arm bent in front of her. Around her, the other Voodoo worshippers look on, unsurprised but expectant as...
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