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Aid to Haiti: The View From the World Bank-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

To the Editor: “Finishing Haiti’s Unfinished Work,” by Jean-Max Bellerive, the prime minister of Haiti, and former President Bill Clinton (Op-Ed, July 12), makes clear…

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Devastated Haiti Braces for an Active Hurricane Season-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

By NATHANIAL GRONEWOLD of Greenwire Published: July 12, 2010 UNITED NATIONS — Aid workers are still scrambling to provide shelter to millions of Haitians made…

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Aid cargo sits unused in Haitian customs lot-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

(NECN/CNN: Port-au-Prince, Haiti) – In the main harbor of Port-au-Prince, where life-saving supplies are shipped in from around the world, there is a hold put…

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Haiti reconstruction must proceed with all possible speed-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Saturday, July 17, 2010 IT HAS BEEN half a year since an earthquake nearly flattened Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, killing 250,000 people and leaving…

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Haitian rebel, Guy Phillipe slams quake response

Haiti’s most notorious former rebel leader has criticised the government’s response to the January 12th earthquake and has called on Rene Preval, the Haitian president,…

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What happened at Project Pierre Toussaint?

CAP-HAÏTIEN, Haiti — The lesson still is chalked on the blackboard in the deserted classroom. “Odette bought 19 pineapples,” the French scrawl reads. Outside, knee-high…

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Storm Strikes Haven for Displaced Haitians

Heavy wind and rain earlier this week turned the Corail-Cesselesse camp north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, from a supposed haven for earthquake-displaced families into a disaster…

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FLASH-FLASH-FLASH MINUSTAH and POLICE Fire on Crowd of Protesters

11:00 AM Port-au-Prince More that 5,000 Anti Preval protesters gathered today on Rue Capois, Haiti to protest against Rene Preval’s plans for the November Presidential…

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Haiti recovery bogged down 6 months after quake

By JONATHAN M. KATZ The Associated Press Sunday, July 11, 2010; 12:26 AM CORAIL-CESSELESSE, Haiti — The sun was beating down on the rocky cactus…

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After 5 long months and countless deaths: First meet for Clinton Haiti quake commission

By Alice Speri (AFP) – Jun 17, 2010 PORT-AU-PRINCE — The commission set up to oversee the five billion dollars in quake aid money pledged…

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Haitian President on tour to Venezuela, Cuba and Jamaica with elections in mind

VHeadline News Editor Patrick J. O’Donoghue reports: Haitian President Rene Preval is on a tour of Cuba, Jamaica and Venezuela in an attempt to muster…

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Préval closes door on elections panel revamp-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

BY JACQUELINE CHARLES jcharles@MiamiHerald.com PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haitian President René Préval said Wednesday that suggestions by a ranking Republican on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee…

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Still homeless from Haiti earthquake, thousands fight forced evictions

Six months on, the government has yet to secure adequate shelter for many of the 2.1 million people made homeless by the Haiti earthquake. Some…

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High-Seas Repo Man Max Hardberger

In sea ports the world over, a small bribe paid to a local official allows “white collar pirates” to seize ships from their legitimate owners….

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In Haiti, middle class, impoverished share same despair-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

BY JACQUELINE CHARLES jcharles@MiamiHerald.com PORT-AU-PRINCE — After he lost everything in the Haiti earthquake, a lawyers’ group gave attorney Clauvy Robas a tent to sleep…

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Haiti’s leader rejects U.S. election proposals-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

9:38pm EDT By Joseph Guyler Delva PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – President Rene Preval on Wednesday rejected U.S. Senate proposals for upcoming elections in Haiti and said…

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Revived hotel project is latest sign of renewal in Haiti-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Haiti’s long-planned Oasis hotel is slated to receive a $7.5 million financial boost and has set a November 2011 opening date. BY JACQUELINE CHARLES jcharles@MiamiHerald.com…

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Haitian presidential election set for Nov. 28

Haitian presidential election set for Nov. 28 By JONATHAN M. KATZ (AP) – 1 hour ago PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian President Rene Preval set Nov….

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US issues Haiti travel advisory after 4 Americans killed in separate muggings-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The U.S. Embassy is advising travellers to exercise caution in Haiti after four U.S. citizens were killed in separate robberies near Port-au-Prince’s…

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UN chief sends SOS to rich nations for help with poverty, climate, Haitian relief-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

By John Heilprin (CP) – 7 hours ago Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon cautioned rich nations Monday upon his return from the G-20 summit in Toronto against…