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FLASH – FLASH – FLASH 7:08 P.M. 17th FEBRUARY 2010

Moderate rain falling on Port-au-Prince soaking homeless people in their primitive shelters. Many of these are made with bedsheets. Some are made of cardboard. Thousands…

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Lack of doctors, rehab threaten Haitians’ recovery

BY FRANCES ROBLES frobles@MiamiHerald.com FOND PARISIEN, Haiti — In the turmoil that followed Haiti’s earthquake, Eugette Thimo waited with a broken foot for five days…

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Why Hurricane Katrina Looms Over Obama’s Relief Efforts in Haiti

By:Howard Fineman The gods of politics have an ironic sense of justice. They can force a president to confront more complex versions of the very…

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Sarkozy visits Haiti, unveils major aid package

The support package totaling 326 million euros ($447 million) included cancellation of 56 million euros of debt, 100 million euros of fresh funds to be…

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Ex-adviser to detained Americans charged in US-Added COMMENTARY by Haitian-Truth

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The fugitive former legal adviser to a group of Americans detained in Haiti on child kidnapping charges said he has…

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Amputations push Haitians closer to the edge

A teen who was close to graduating from high school lost her father and both of her legs in the Haiti quake. For her and…

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88 Haitians rescued at sea repatriated

The Coast Guard said 88 Haitian nationals who were rescued from a sinking freighter were returned to Haiti BY SERGIO R. BUSTOS sbustos@MiamiHerald.com Another large…

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Mexico’s earthquake recovery could be a model for Haiti

Though Mexico’s government botched its initial response to the 1985 earthquakes, it found the right formula to build and repair tens of thousands of homes….

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Haiti: What to Do with a Nation of Amputees

More than a month after his crushed left leg was amputated just above the knee, Gedeon Ralph Mary, 23, still cries. Not from the physical…

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American Airlines to resume service to Haiti

CHICAGO (Reuters) – AMR Corp’s American Airlines on Tuesday said it would resume service to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday, its first flight to the nation…

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Harper tours Canada’s relief operation in Haiti Prime Minister visits Jacmel, where Canada’s DART team operates medical clinic

JACMEL-Prime Minister Stephen Harper today got a primer from Canadian troops on what they’re doing in earthquake-shattered Haiti. What he saw in the small city…

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New Estimates of Haiti Quake Damage Sharply Higher

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The devastating earthquake that hit Haiti last month may have caused billions of dollars more in damage than initially estimated, according to…