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Tens of thousands still living in tents 5 years after Haiti earthquake

By Jacqueline Charles jcharles@MiamiHerald.com The Morne, a Cabrit housing development in Haiti, was built for victims of the earthquake. But the government has had a…

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Family remembers daughter lost in Haiti earthquake on 5th anniversary of her death

HYDE PARK, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) — Monday marks the 5th anniversary of the deadly earthquake that hit Haiti, and Haitians around the world will hold memorial…

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Haiti better off 5 years after quake, though still troubled

Children pump water from a well at their new community in the arid hills north of the Capital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 9, 2014….

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Voodoo priests, doctors on frontline of Haiti’s mental healthcare

By Anastasia Moloney PORT-AU-PRINCE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Five years after a massive earthquake rocked Haiti, killing more than 200,000 people and reducing homes to…

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Haiti political crisis stalls homebuilding for quake survivors

A Haitian man pauses while collecting bricks from a building destroyed by the January 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 7, 2011. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz By Anastasia…

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New Home, New Life

It had been a week since Nicole started preparing all the details. Labelled boxes separating her family’s belongings were piled in every corner of the…

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Microsoft still believes in feature phones, launches $29 Nokia 215

The Nokia 215 lacks a 3G connection, but has Twitter and Facebook integration. Credit: Microsoft The 2G phone can remain on standby for 29 days…

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Shipping container home readying for Detroit debut

By JEFF KAROUB Associated Press DETROIT (AP) – An unusual home taking shape inside General Motors’ sprawling Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant is intended to be part…

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Still shaken by quake, Haiti now faces a political crisis

Article by: JACQUELINE CHARLES , Miami Herald Hungry Haitians are frustrated with the lack of presidential leadership. Still shaken by quake, Haiti now faces a…

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M 4.5 – 0km NNE of Guananico, Dominican Republic

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Santé : pas d’Ebola à Petite Rivière de l’Artibonite

La Vice Délégation de Dessalines dément les informations faisant croire que l’épidémie d’Ebola* aurait déjà touché la Petite Rivière de l’Artibonite. En effet, dans les…

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Scrooges of the World, Begone!

AP Photo/Jean Marc Herve Abelard Relatives walk to a hilltop, where they will place a cross, in remembrance of those family members who died in…

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Hope for Haiti, 5 Years Later: Exclusive Special

Christine Webb (left), with students at the rebuilt Brache Millot School, which had been destroyed in the 2010 earthquake. (PHOTO/Christine Webb, Staff) LEOGANE, Haiti —…

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Outgoing Haitian Prime Minister Lamothe looks to ‘next chapter’

By JACQUELINE CHARLES Miami Herald PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s embattled Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe says he is ready for a new chapter, one…

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Bois D’Avril: Classroom Observations

http://haitidreams.wordpress.com Back in Haiti, everyone. Arrived in Bois D’Avril last night and spent the morning observing classes at the local school. If I’m going to…

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Discours de l’Ambassadeur Pamela White de la Chambre de Commerce Haitiano-Américaine Réception de fête de fin d’année (AMCHAM) Résidence de l’ambassadeur Port-au-Prince, le 11 décembre 2014

Le 12 décembre 2014 No. 2014/ 04 Discours de l’Ambassadeur Pamela White Réception de fête de fin d’année de la Chambre de Commerce Haitiano-Américaine (AMCHAM)…

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Group reports uptick in Haiti cholera patients

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s health system still does not have the capacity to adequately treat cholera patients and there has been an uptick in cases…

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Haitian prime minister prospects for business

By Mimi Whitefield mwhitefield@MiamiHerald.com Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe described his efforts to bring Haiti into the digital age Friday as he was saluted as…

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Orphans in Haiti gifted with shoes from PBC school kids

Story by Tania Francois, CBS12 News PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — The devastation from the  January 2010 Haiti earthquake has long left the headlines, but the problems…

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How the World Came to Help Haiti and Left a Disaster

In this excerpt journalist Jonathan Katz tells the story of the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti and the chaotic events of the nation’s formation, history…