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US Troops Withdrawing From Haiti

Pwa — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:32:40 +0000

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

Rural Haiti Seeks More Than Port-au-Prince’s Crumbs in Rebuilding Efforts

Pwa — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:41:10 +0000

BY TRENTON DANIEL/ tdaniel@MiamiHerald.com

Tired of living off of Port-au-Prince’s crumbs, rural areas are pushing for a decentralization of power and resources.

L’ESTERE, Haiti — This town in the Haitian hinterlands has a mostly unpaved main road, scant public services, a main hospital that closes on weekends and few jobs besides farming.

Haiti Rebuilding Plan Expected This Week

Pwa — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:48:06 +0000

(Reuters) – Government planners and international experts are racing to produce a blueprint this week to reconstruct Haiti’s economy after the earthquake that killed up to 300,000 people and devastated its infrastructure.

One American Kidnapper to be Released from Haiti Jail

Pwa — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:39:18 +0000

Leader of the group, Laura Silsby, to remain in jail
Reuters is reporting Friday that Judge Bernard Saint-Vil has signed an order to free one of two Americans who has been detained in a Port-au-Prince jail since Jan. 29, but she probably won’t be returning home until next week.

Detained US Missionary: I’d Come Back to Haiti

Pwa — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:30:46 +0000

By MICHELLE FAUL (AP)

American missionaries arrested on child kidnapping charges Laura Silsby, 40, center, and Charisa Coulter, 24, both of Meridian, Idaho, walk towards the courthouse in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, March 2, 2010

AUDIO:Why Do Some Latino Dominicans Hate The Haitian People? (IP617 Radio)

Pwa — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:33:55 +0000

Some Latino-Dominicans in Santo Domingo of the Dominican Republic and here in the United States such as Boston, Rhode Island, New York or Florida admitted that they hate the Haitian people from Port-Au-Prince for their slavery and slaughtering of poor innocent Dominicans and in the U.S. going way back through history time after when the country of Haiti won their independence on January 1st 1804; and the Dominican Republic winning their independence on February 27th 1844.

Governor General of Canada to visit Haiti

Pwa — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:54:56 +0000

Governor General Michaelle Jean, Canada’s first Black Governor General, speaks on Jan. 13, 2010 about the crisis in Haiti following its earthquake. (Photograph by: Blair Gable, Reuters)

OTTAWA — Governor General Michaelle Jean will travel to her native Haiti next Monday for a two-day visit of the devastated country that was rocked by a powerful earthquake on Jan. 12.

Haiti Judge: Likely to Order Americans Released

Pwa — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:44:08 +0000

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A Haitian judge says he will likely order the release of the last two Americans detained for trying to take 33 children out of the country after the earthquake.