Originally from Haiti, the Parisian striker Jean-Eudes Maurice Decided to hold an auction on Ebay of soccer jerseys in favor of the victims of the earthquake that struck the island in early January. The operation is finished and Maurice was harvested 8 000 euros through the sale of the jerseys of his teammates in Paris, but also those of Nicolas Anelka and Franck Ribéry. The operation is finished and Maurice was harvested 8 000 euros through the sale of the jerseys of his teammates in Paris, but also Those of Nicolas Anelka and Franck Ribéry. The entire sum will go to Unicef. The entire sum will go to Unicef.

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In 2008, in the midst of the global food crisis, we travelled to Haiti to look at the politics of rice – how such a fertile country became dependent on food aid. In the wake of this current disaster, that dependence is – initially – going to deepen. But as relief efforts slowly turn to plans for reconstruction, it is important to look back at the policies that brought Haiti to the brink in the first place, and the people who had their own vision of self-sufficiency all along. Avi Lewis talks about the US role in the

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SECRETARY CLINTON: Good morning. Let me begin by saying how honored we are to have President Preval here at the State Department. Everyone knows how devastated Haiti was by the earthquake of January the 12th. The Haitian people suffered so greatly and the Haitian Government was severely damaged. President Preval, Prime Minister Bellerive, the members of the cabinet, and the presidential staff, along with the people of Haiti themselves, have worked very hard these last two months to recover.

The United States and the international community mounted the largest ever rescue and relief effort. Progress has been made, but not nearly enough, and therefore, we are holding these meetings with President Preval today and tomorrow and the next day to discuss in depth what we need to do still to alleviate suffering and what we will do together to help build back Haiti better. The United States alone in this first phase has supplied nearly $700 million in assistance. Nearly one half of all households in America have contributed something to private relief efforts.

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By Joshua Robinson, Special to SI.com

Haitian soccer president Yves Jean-Bart is worried that his country’s players won’t return if they start traveling abroad again.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The Stade Sylvio Cator, Haiti’s national soccer stadium, is a low concrete building with floodlights poking skyward on the Rue Oswald Durand, across the street from a cemetery. It comes out of nowhere, like a small college football stadium crammed into the capital’s downtown. Tall archways with tight turnstiles lead inside, where the good seats are red-and-yellow plastic in the covered section by the midfield line. The rest are old-school standing-room terraces. They’ve been baking in the sun since 1960.

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Edmond Mulet, head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) described as extraordinary the work of Cuban doctors in that Caribbean country hit by an earthquake last January 12.

“These professionals work in every corner of Haiti, in an extraordinary manner, with dedication and love, often in difficult conditions, really terrible ones,” the UN official said in statements made to Prensa Latina news agency at the UN headquarters.

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Singer plans to take SRK’s aid in raising funds for the earthquake affected area.Hip-hop and R&B singer Akon is in town to record a song for Shah Rukh Khan’s Ra One. Directed by Anubhav Sinha, the sci-fi flick features Shah Rukh and Kareena in lead roles.

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Haitian President Rene Preval (L) and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined Haitian President Rene Preval Tuesday in calling for new elections in quake-hit Haiti as soon as possible.

Legislative polls, originally set for February and March, were postponed after the January 12 earthquake that demolished the capital Port-au-Prince, killing more than 220,000 people and leaving one million Haitians homeless.

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At their meeting on Wednesday, Haitian President Rene Preval is expected to ask President Barack Obama to stop food aid to Haiti, Reuters reports. “Preval told a news conference on Monday the aid could in the long term hurt the economy of the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. ‘I will tell him (Obama) that this first phase of assistance is finished,’ said Preval,” according to the news service.

“If they continue to send us aid from abroad – water and food – it will be in competition with the national Haitian production and Haitian commerce,” he said, adding that job creation should be the priority (Bigg, 3/8).

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By EDITH M. LEDERER

UNITED NATIONS — An emotional Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid tribute Tuesday to “the 101 heroes” working for the United Nations who were killed in the Haiti earthquake, the single greatest loss for the world body in its 64-year history.

Hundreds of U.N. staff joined relatives of those who died at the ceremony, listening as Ban pledged: “We will never forget you. We will carry on your work.”

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(News 13) Charisa Coulter, one of the American missionaries detained for over a month in Haiti on suspicion of kidnapping 33 children, has been released.

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