Quebec Premier Jean Charest, left, and Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive met to discuss the rebuilding of the Caribbean nation on Friday.

Bellerive is in Montreal for a conference on the reconstruction of the earthquake-stricken country.

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The Haiti Coup “The Bush Clinton Presidencies (Cahill, Robinson, Blum)

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1844 – Dominican Republic declares its independence from Haiti.

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WASHINGTON — Earthquake-hit Haiti‘s President Rene Preval will travel to Washington next week for talks with President Barack Obama, the White House announced Friday.

The White House says Obama and President Rene Preval will meet on Wednesday before Obama visits St. Louis. The White House announced the schedule on Friday.

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Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive “demanded more information on Wednesday about foreign aid pouring into the earthquake-stricken country and urged that his government not be sidelined in reconstruction efforts,” Reuters reports.

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This video is from CNN’s Larry King Live, broadcast Feb. 16, 2010

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Comedian and HBO talk show host Bill Maher had some harsh words for the news media on CNN’s Larry King Tuesday night.

The host of Real Time with Bill Maher said the US media turned coverage of the Jan. 12 Haiti earthquake into “disaster porn,” and accused the major broadcasters of ignoring other large catastrophes in its focus on Haiti.

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