By JOEL MILLMAN

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Jeff Luc, the son of Haitian immigrants and middle linebacker for the Treasure Coast Titans high-school football team here, recalls a game two years ago against Delray Beach, when he directed another Haitian teammate to stop an opponent slipping into his zone on a passing play.

“Men li la! Men li la!” he shouted in Kreyol, Haitian patois for “there he is.” The two players were looking to confuse their opponent by using imported slang from Haiti. But to their amazement, the targeted receiver taunted them right back: “Mwen la! Mwen la!” “Here I am!”

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Among the many dead after the earthquake in Haiti are the three women who basically constituted the fledgling women’s movement in Haiti. Myriam Merlet, Anne Marie Coriolan, and Magalie Marcelin had just begun the work of reforming a judiciary that never took rape seriously and creating an infrastructure to protect girls and women against domestic violence and trafficking. They were killed at a time when they were most needed, since post-earthquake chaos tends to leave women especially vulnerable.

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By Festus Owete

A woman holds a young victim waiting to be treated at General Hospital January 29, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Photo: REUTERS

Previously announced plans by senators and members of the House of Representatives to raise funds for victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti have failed, as some of the lawmakers have allegedly declined to make their donations two weeks after they announced their interest.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN) — A humanitarian mission to aid Haitian earthquake victims turned into a major embarrassment in Puerto Rico on Friday as pictures emerged of doctors drinking, mugging for cameras and brandishing firearms amid the victims’ suffering.

The ethics committee of the commonwealth’s medical board said it was launching an investigation into whether those involved should be disciplined.

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