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Haiti Asks US For $15bn Aid Package

No Comments 11 March 2010

By Brad Norington

HAITI’S President is asking for a $US14 billion ($15.3bn) aid package to turn the rubble of Port-au-Prince into a thriving modern city after January’s earthquake.

President Rene Preval unveiled details after meeting President Barack Obama at the White House yesterday.

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VIDEO:Haitian President René Préval and American President Obama White House Press Conference

No Comments 11 March 2010


Haitian President René Préval and American President Obama speak to the press after meeting at the White House and reaffirm their mutual commitment to rebuilding Haiti after Januarys devastating earthquake. March 10, 2010.

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Secretary Clinton Speaks With Haitian President Rene Preval After Their Meeting

No Comments 10 March 2010


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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Clinton Joins Call For Quick Haiti Elections

No Comments 09 March 2010


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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President Preval:”Food Aid Phase Over For Haiti, Focus Should Be On Jobs, Hurricane Season Preparation & Schools”

No Comments 09 March 2010


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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VIDEO:Haiti Releases Another Missionary

No Comments 09 March 2010


(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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US Troops Withdrawing From Haiti

No Comments 08 March 2010

ByRory Carroll
Earthquake survivors fear mass pullout of troops is a sign of dwindling international support

US army soldiers load their duffels prior to their departure from Haiti at the international airport in Port-au-Prince. Photograph: Andres Leighton/AP

Thousands of US troops are leaving Haiti in a swift scaling back of US military involvement in post-earthquake security and reconstruction.

A gradual reduction from a peak of 20,000 in early February has accelerated in recent days and by the end of this week fewer than 8,000 are expected to remain in Haiti and on offshore vessels.

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VIDEO:Islamic Relief For Haiti

No Comments 08 March 2010


As governments and communities worldwide mobilize to help earthquake-stricken Haiti, Muslims in the United States are doing their part by raising funds and partnering with organizations — both religious and secular — to aid earthquake victims.

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Naomi Campbell Is Going to Haiti

No Comments 07 March 2010

By Harold Emert In Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and Bill Hutchinson In New York

Naomi Campbell wants to see first hand where money from her own humanitarian group, Fashion for Relief, is being invested in the Haiti relief efforts.

The caustic covergirl, coming off a Manhattan meltdown that left her chauffeur battered and her bad reputation bolstered, is planning a humanitarian mission to the quake-ravaged Caribbean nation.

“I am not a humanitarian leader, but someone who wishes to improve the world in which we live,” Campbell told the Brazilian newspaper O Dia.

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Haiti’s Leader to See Obama, Hat in Hand

No Comments 07 March 2010


AFP
-Haitian President Rene Preval will get a sympathetic hearing when he meets with US counterpart Barack Obama on Wednesday, ahead of an international donors’ conference for his quake-hit nation.

What he is looking for, though, is billions of dollars to rebuild the poorest country in the Americas, which lost 222,000 people, 70 percent of its capital Port-au-Prince and more than half its economy in the January 12 catastrophe.

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Mecca AKA Grimo Receives Cultural Achiever Award by The Haitian Heritage Museum

No Comments 07 March 2010


Mecca AKA Grimo receives Cultural Achiever Award by The Haitian Heritage Museum.

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