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President Obama Signs Debt Relief Bill for Haiti-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Pres. Barack Obama WASHINGTON (NNPA) – President Obama has signed into law a bill calling for the United States to take the lead in forgiving…

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In Haiti, a desperate plea for jobs may be answered-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

BY JACQUELINE CHARLES jcharles@MiamiHerald.com They line up well before the break of dawn, as early as 3 a.m. next to a collapsed hospital in this…

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President Obama Signs Debt Relief Bill for Haiti -Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – President Obama has signed into law a bill calling for the United States to take the lead in forgiving debt owed to…

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IFC confirms Viettel taking 60% in new Haitian telco, investing USD99million

The International Financial Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has issued a press release confirming that Haiti’s government and central bank (Banque…

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GOVERNMENT REPORTS: Inside Haiti’s makeshift hospitals Monday LEGS/ARMS REMOVED WITH RIP SAWS – NO ANESTHETIC

May 03, 2010 Chris Van Gorder, president and chief executive officer of Scripps Health, a nonprofit community-based health care delivery network in San Diego, visited…

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In Haiti’s shattered capital, metal scavengers take to the streets-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Metal scavenging and salvaging in Haiti In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, recovery is ongoing and any sense of normal life is still being pursued. To that end,…

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Struggle goes on in Haiti-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

By Karen Middleton karen@athensnews-courier.com — Nearly five months later, the masonry roof of a destroyed building rests on debris a few feet off the ground…

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Coast Guard: Haiti migration not rising from quake

By SARAH LARIMER Associated Press Writer The Coast Guard has yet to see a noticeable change in migration trends from Haiti following a deadly earthquake…

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Food Aid Hurts Haiti’s Farmers Helping in a crisis can pose dilemma for local farmers and merchants-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Food Aid Hurts Haiti’s Farmers Helping in a crisis can pose dilemma for local farmers and merchants Steve Baragona | Artibonite Valley, Haiti29 April 2010…

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NGOs assail Haiti relief effort

By Henry Brier Editor April 29, 2010, 12 a.m. – The U.S.-led relief effort in earthquake-torn Haiti fell under sharp criticism Wednesday eve as two…

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The Haitian Dilemma

BY RICHARD MORSE Manager Hotel Oloffson, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Huffingtonpost.com I don’t mean to dwell on certain issues but until there’s some solid change in Haiti,…

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Haiti’s unconstitutional Parliament approves key post-quake reconstruction body-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Fri, Apr 16 2010 By Joseph Guyler Delva PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti’s parliament has approved the creation of a commission that will allow foreign donors…

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Haiti Wants Food Aid to Stop? Government Says Generous Public Outpouring Is Interfering with Economy, Drawing Non-Victims to Camps and Enticing Corruption

(CBS) Of all the things you’ve heard about earthquake aid to Haiti, here’s something you probably didn’t know: Haiti’s government wants large-scale food assistance and…

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UN launches website to track Haiti aid use

PORT-AU-PRINCE — The United Nations has launched a new website to track the estimated 9.9 billion dollars in aid pledged to Haiti by the international…

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Bill Clinton On Haiti’s Recovery-Audio clip included

Click this link to hear the NPR interview Interview with Bill Clinton on Haiti’s recovery The Transcript of the Two-Way Conversation From National Public Radio…

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U.N.’s Ballooning $732 Million Haiti Peacekeeping Budget Goes Mostly to Its Own Personnel

By George Russell – FOXNews.com The United Nations has quietly upped this year’s peacekeeping budget for earthquake-shattered Haiti to $732.4 million, with two-thirds of that…

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Rushed From Haiti, Then Jailed for Lacking Visas

By NINA BERNSTEIN More than two months after the earthquake that devastated Haiti, at least 30 survivors who were waved onto planes by Marines in…

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International Community Pledges Billions for Haitian Reconstruction-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Members of the international community are at the United Nations Wednesday, committing serious financial assistance to Haiti for its long term reconstruction. Donors’ offered millions…

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Haiti’s Misery

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL March 26, 2010 The emergency in Haiti isn’t over. It’s getting worse, as the outside world’s attention fades away. Misery rages…

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Britain denied speaking slot at United Nations Haiti aid conference

Britain was denied a speaking slot at a Haiti donors’ conference in New York yesterday after it failed to come up with any new aid…