By Rodrigo Gutierrez

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Colombian pop star Shakira met children survivors on Sunday as her “Barefoot Foundation” prepared to build a school in earthquake hit Haiti.

The singer, who has already joined Hollywood actors and other global celebrities to raise

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By Amadi Ajamu

The American Red Cross has collected over $354 million dollars from people in the United States for Haitians after the devastating earthquake rocked the country two months ago.

Haitian people have patiently waited for basic necessities, to no avail. The hurricanes and

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The international Red Cross in Haiti has accused the government of not releasing land to facilitate the construction of better structures for more than a million earthquake survivors.

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Catherine Ashton, EU Foreign Affairs Chief

BRUSSELS – EUROPE will pledge a billion euros (S$1.9 billion) to help reconstruction in quake-hit Haiti at a donor’s conference in New York next week, EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said on Monday.

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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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