Former US Presidents George W Bush and Bill Clinton are visiting Haiti as part of their fund-raising efforts to aid the earthquake-stricken nation.

The have toured the badly-damaged capital, Port-au-Prince, and are meeting President Rene Preval. They are also visiting camps for some of the 1.3 million homeless people.

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By The Associated Press

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The earthquake not only smashed markets, collapsed warehouses and left more than 2.5 million people without enough to eat. It may also have shaken up the way the developing world gets food.

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By Colber Prosper and Joe Fitzgerald III, Guest Column

Symbols of Haitian history represented on mural in Labadie, Haiti

His name was Cristoforo Colombo, but Americans know him as Christopher Columbus. During his time, it was commonly thought that the world was flat; However, many scholars believed that the world was round. Columbus was the one to prove it. He set sail to find a

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More than 26 Haitian NGOs,  representing thousands of ordinary Haitian people have condemned recent international talks about the future of their earthquake shattered nation, saying they have been “totally excluded” from the discussions – and that their calls for a

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Kelly Bastien, the president of the Haitian Senate

(AFP)-A house has collapsed in Haiti’s second-largest city of Cap-Haitien, killing two people and injuring three as fearful residents felt aftershocks from a quake that struck Cuba.

“The house collapsed around midnight and two people were found dead and their bodies were taken to the hospital,” Kelly Bastien, the president of the Haitian Senate, told AFP on Sunday.

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