Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — At the Iron Market, Haitians shopped for everything from vegetables to Voodoo flags. One side was destroyed in a 2008 fire. The January 12 earthquake leveled the rest. By year’s end, workers hope to restore the Port-au-Prince landmark to its original splendor. Destined for Egypt in 1889, the market’s French-built...
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Canada is pressuring Haiti to make a firm commitment to holding elections by the end of the year as domestic opposition grows to President René Préval’s response to the earthquake. Haiti’s constitution stipulates presidential elections be held Nov. 28, ahead of the scheduled end to Préval’s five-year term in February 2011. But Préval has...
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