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Clinton: More immigrants from Haiti may be allowed

Federal officials try to prevent earthquake victims from risking dangerous voyages William E. Gibson – Sun Sentinel WASHINGTON (MCT) – U.S. officials are talking about…

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Paul Shirley Haiti Advice: “Maybe Use A Condom Once In A While”

NEW YORK (CBS) Former professional NBA player Paul Shirley has some choice advice for the victims of the 7.0 earthquake that rocked Haiti: “use a…

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Montreal hosts Haiti aid talks

Activists decry militarization, profiteering, and political exclusion By Niko Block and Michael Lee-Murphy Published: 6:26 am On Monday, Montreal hosted the Ministerial Preparatory Conference on the…

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Engineer: Construction crux of Haiti earthquake tragedy

BY DOUG OAKLEY Contra Costa Times WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Haiti’s construction industry is to blame for hundreds of thousands of deaths in a tragedy…

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Haitian girl saved from rubble after 15 days

By Charlie Onians and Alex Ogle (AFP) – PORT-AU-PRINCE — Rescuers Wednesday dragged a Haitian girl alive from the rubble 15 days after a devastating…

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Canada calls on developed nations to forgive Haiti’s debt

OTTAWA—Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is calling on developed countries to forgive Haiti’s debt so the country can concentrate on climbing out from under the rubble…

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2 weeks after Haiti quake, food aid falls short

By VIVIAN SEQUERA and BEN FOX, Associated Press Writers PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Street vendors openly sell U.S.-donated rice by the cupful from bags marked “not…

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Daily Report-WEDNESDAY JANUARY 27, 2010

5 more aftershocks!! More buildings collapse. Drove past our office location for the first time and saw the pile of rubble that was once a…

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FLASH FLASH FLASH PREVAL PLAN TO MAINTAIN POWER

Doesn’t matter that a lot of people will starve because of this!! Preval, with MINUSTAH support, planned to control all relief supplies, channeling them   exclusively…

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Haiti’s orphans: Why they remain in limbo

By Jessica Ravitz(CNN) — There’s nothing like images of infants and children in distress to make outsiders yearn to help, which is why the unfolding…

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Haiti’s ‘floating hospital’: Tough questions on USNS Comfort

By Steve Sternberg, USA TODAY ABOARD THE USNS COMFORT — Yvelot Brianville, 24, lies quietly on a steel hospital gurney, a boyish naval officer in…

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NASA to inspect Haitian quake fault lines

PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 27 (UPI) — NASA says it has added several science overflights of earthquake faults in Haiti and the Dominican Republic to a…

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Haiti govt gets only 1 cent of every US aid dollar

By MARTHA MENDOZA The Associated Press Wednesday, January 27, 2010; 11:22 AM — Only 1 cent of each dollar the U.S. is spending on earthquake…

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Haiti earthquake disaster update: Man rescued after buried in rubble for 2 weeks

On Tuesday, a crowed of looters pulled a man out of the rubble of a building that had toppled after the powerful Jan. 12 earthquake…

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Haiti president pleads for tents(but that is not a genuine request-read more); nearly 500 schools destroyed by quake

BY JACQUELINE CHARLES and DAVID OVALLE jcharles@MiamiHerald.com PORT-AU-PRINCE — One family has used a Haitian flag to pitch its tent at Mais Gate, a shantytown…

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Lines and Tempers as Haitians Queue for Cash

By DAMIEN CAVE Published: January 26, 2010 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Thousands of Haitians lined up at money transfer offices here on Tuesday, crowding windows and…

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John Travolta flies plane in second Haiti Mercy Mission

John Travolta landed a plane in Haiti on Monday to personally deliver supplies to survivors in the earthquake-ravaged nation. The “Pulp Fiction” star touched down…

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83 million tune in to Haiti telethon

Many eyes on Haiti show More than 83 million people tuned in Friday night for at least a portion of the Hope for Haiti Now…

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US death toll in Haiti quake nearing 100

The Associated Press Tuesday, January 26, 2010; 2:22 PM WASHINGTON — The State Department says the number of U.S. fatalities in the Jan. 12 earthquake…

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Pentagon sees scaling back in Haiti in 3-6 months

26 Jan 2010 15:15:42 GMT Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) – The U.S. military could begin scaling back its involvement in Haiti within three…