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Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:00:06 -0500 28-year-old man survives four weeks after being buried by killer quake London, Feb. 9 : Nearly a month after being buried by Haiti's killer quake, a 28-year-old man has been pulled alive from the wreckage of a building in Port-au-Prince.

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:00:04 -0500 UN workers' toll in Haiti Quake reaches 94 United Nations, Feb 9 (RIA Novosti) The number of UN workers killed in last month's earthquake in Haiti has reached 94, while eight of its staff remained unaccounted for, a spokesman for the UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon said.

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:55:40 -0500 UN faces race against time and weather to obtain hazard-proof shelters for Haiti The United Nations said today it is racing against time to bring in hazard-resistant tents for Haiti?s earthquake victims before the rainy season starts, provide sufficient agricultural input to save ...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:54:05 -0500 Haiti’s elderly struggling to rebuild their lives Sherwin Bryce-Pease, New York Haiti's elderly are bearing the brunt of January's earthquake that displaced over 500 000 people while claiming in the region of 200 000 lives. The old are struggling to...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:41:57 -0500 Outside Haiti's Capital, Haitians Welcome the Suffering The earthquake survivors and stranded migrate north and east, following their bloodlines to open doors and open arms. They leave the devastation of Port-au-Prince knowing they still will be cared for,...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:41:55 -0500 South Africa to play additional T20 in West Indies tour South Africa will play an additional Twenty20 international on their tour of the West Indies in May-June, the West Indies Cricket Board has confirmed. The teams will now play back-to-back Twenty20 gam...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:24:52 -0500 Cuba travel bill buried in political agenda WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan drive in Congress to end a Cold War-era travel ban on Cuba was buried during the healthcare reform debate but its supporters hope to dig it out this year.

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:12:10 -0500 Bill to make Haiti contributions deductible for '09 taxes Minnesota taxpayers could deduct contributions to Haiti earthquake relief programs when they file their 2009 state income tax returns under a bill approved Monday by the House Tax Committee. The bill...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:53:51 -0500 Jolie visits Dominican Republic After traveling to a hospital in the Dominican Republic where Haitian earthquake survivors were receiving care, Angelina Jolie met the country's president, Leonel Fernandez. (Feb. 9)

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:51:26 -0500 UNDP launches cash-for-work program in Haiti reconstruction by Alexander MandaGroups of residents were busy clearing rubbles along a street in the Haitian capital's Carrefour district under the roasting midday sun. They were singing a loud and cheerful version...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:51:15 -0500 Coupon scam hits Haiti food aid The World Food Programme (WFP) has temporarily halted food aid to about 10,000 survivors of Haiti's earthquake after some people tried to use fake coupons to secure rations.The attempted scam was disc...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:33:17 -0500 Man found alive under rubble in Haiti END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> A man who has been pulled alive from the rubble of a marketplace in the Haitian capital of Port-...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:24:14 -0500 In Haiti, Many Buildings Left Standing Shouldn't Be U.N. officials say perhaps 20 percent of the structures in Port-au-Prince collapsed. And 80 percent of those still standing suffered serious damage.

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:21:47 -0500 Dominican Republic, which shares island with Haiti, is open to tourists 5:40 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reaffirmed the nation's long-term commitment to Haiti's reconstruction effort. Speaking in Port-au-Prince after meeting with Haitian President René P...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:21:38 -0500 U.S. firms want part in Haiti cleanup Who will remove the debris in Haiti remains to be seen, but Pompano Beach-based AshBritt is pushing for a major role, as is DRC Group, an Alabama firm.

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:19:45 -0500 Olint hopes dim - Investors meet, anger stirred, still no word on money Members of alternative investment scheme Olint were left fuming and with little hope yesterday as they emerged from a meeting aimed at updating them on efforts to recover their money.

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:19:45 -0500 Reliving a Valentine's tragedy - Old Harbour residents recall deadly 1999 accident Ricardo Thompson in his home at Old Harbour Bay, St Catherine, 11 years after the tragedy that took the lives of eight youths. - photos by Kyle Macpherson/Freelance Photographer

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:19:44 -0500 Judge wary of lengthy Kern trial As the trial of Kern Spencer limped into another week, presiding magistrate Judith Pusey yesterday declared she had no desire to have the matter labour before her.

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:19:44 -0500 PM fulfils cancer patient's last wish Cancer patient, 19-year-old Gary Buchanan (left), speaks with Prime Minister Bruce Golding (right) as Minister of Health Rudyard Spencer looks on at the National Chest Hospital in St Andrew yesterday....

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:19:44 -0500 Nettleford cremated, official funeral confirmed Professor Rex Nettleford's body has been cremated in the United States and the ashes are to be transported to Jamaica for an official funeral next Tuesday.

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:19:43 -0500 Islandwide weapons audit ordered by Nelson As part of a wider initiative to determine how many legal guns are in the hands of Jamaicans - police, licensed firearm holders and gun dealers - National Security Minister Senator Dwight Nelson has o...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:13:21 -0500 Haiti studies Colombian town for quake rebuilding By Patrick Markey BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) -- Haiti's interior minister on Monday toured a Colombian town rebuilt after a huge 1999 tremor as his own country considered plans to reconstruct its wrec...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:13:20 -0500 South American countries seek unity to help Haiti By Hugh Bronstein QUITO, Ecuador (Reuters) -- South American leaders deeply divided by political differences may take a break from their usual recriminations on Tuesday when they meet to discuss the c...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:13:18 -0500 US missionary in Haiti trusts God to free her By Joseph Guyler Delva PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) -- A Haitian judge made no decision at a hearing on Monday whether to free or prosecute 10 US missionaries accused of kidnapping children, and th...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:07:00 -0500 Missionaries acted with 'heart' PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Newly appointed lawyers for the U.S. missionaries accused of child trafficking emerged from a court hearing Monday and said their clients violated no laws when they tried ...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:06:58 -0500 Haiti drug trafficking likely to rise in quake aftermath Rescue workers pick through the rubble of a police station Jan. 14 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The 5,000 convicts who escaped the National Penitentiary after the Jan. 12 earthquake threaten to boost dru...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:06:40 -0500 Haiti drug trafficking likely to rise in quake aftermath Rescue workers pick through the rubble of a police station Jan. 14 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The 5,000 convicts who escaped the National Penitentiary after the Jan. 12 earthquake threaten to boost dru...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:06:38 -0500 Missionaries acted with 'heart' PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Newly appointed lawyers for the U.S. missionaries accused of child trafficking emerged from a court hearing Monday and said their clients violated no laws when they tried ...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:53:33 -0500 Haiti hospitals caught charging patients THE United Nations has warned Haiti it will cut off free medicine to hospitals it catches charging patients. UN officials said that they had received reports that more than a dozen hospitals in the e...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:31:44 -0500 Man rescued from debris in Haiti, may have been trapped for 4 weeks+ PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb. 8 (AP) - (Kyodo)—A 28-year-old man was rescued from the rubble of a building in Haiti's capital Monday and it is possible he may have been trapped for four weeks since the de...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:31:39 -0500 Cuba releases all dissidents arrested last week Cuba has released the last five of a group of 35 dissidents it arrested last week for demonstrating on behalf of a conscientious objector, a Cuban human rights group said. "The last three dissidents t...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:03:09 -0500 Supplies for every child Girls hold blankets at the Foye Zanmi Jezi orphanage in the Lilavois neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The blankets were part of a recent shipment that also equipped thousands of children in res...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:53:44 -0500 Irrigation clearing programme starts in Haiti New York, Feb 9: The United Nations agricultural agency has launched a scheme for some 600 Haitians affected by the Caribbean country's devastating earthquake to quickly clear irrigation canals in a b...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:36:18 -0500 Utahns pulling out of Haiti The Utah Hospital Task Force, a 120-person "rescue and relief" mission to Haiti is winding down, about a week earlier than anticipated. And plans to dispatch another, smaller group of volunteer transl...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:23:01 -0500 Canadian sailors get to work on Haiti's ruined shores Sailors from HMCS Athabaskan transfer supplies to the beach in Haiti. Some 500 Canadian sailors are taking part in Canada's aid mission in the country.

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:19:29 -0500 Cuba, Russia agree to mutually recognize diplomas, academic degrees HAVANA, February 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and Cuba signed on Monday an agreement to reciprocally recognize education diplomas and academic degrees. The document was signed by the countries' education ...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:04:18 -0500 S. Korea's parliament approves dispatch of troops to Haiti+ SEOUL, Feb. 9 (AP) - (Kyodo)—South Korea's parliament on Tuesday approved the government's plan to dispatch about 250 troops to Haiti as part of a U.N. peacekeeping operation in the Caribbean cou...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:56:46 -0500 Chinese medical team leaves Haiti after successful mission A Chinese medical team Monday left the Haitian capital for home after winding up a two-week emergency aid and epidemic control mission in the quake-stricken Caribbean country.The team, consisting of 4...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:56:45 -0500 China delivers 25 tons of medical aid to Haiti The government of the People 's Republic of China on Monday delivered 25 tons of medical aid to quake-stricken Haiti, which included multiple types of epidemic prevention medicine.Wang Shuping, head o...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:56:35 -0500 Haiti's 'curse of corruption' Corruption was a major problem in Haiti even before the massive earthquake that struck the country nearly a month ago, killing some 200,000 people. Now reports have emerged that counterfeiters are pr...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:31:00 -0500 Man Pulled Alive From Haiti Earthquake Rubble US Seeks Debt Relief for Haiti Authorities in Haiti say a man has been pulled alive from rubble in Port-au-Prince where he may have been trapped since the January 12 earthquake.Officials say the sever...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:23:01 -0500 Haiti, a Nation in Mourning Haiti is a nation in mourning," said World Vision's child protection specialist Sian Platt. "People have not just lost homes, jobs and everything they own, they are somehow trying to come to terms wit...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:22:58 -0500 Carolinas HealthCare System Volunteers to Join Navy Rescue Mission in Haiti Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS) will soon be headed to Haiti. Through an agreement with the Department of the Navy, CHS is organizing volunteer groups who will spend two weeks at a time providing ca...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:22:40 -0500 In Haiti, Recovery Hinges on Fixing Government Nearly a month after the earthquake in Haiti, the government in Port-au-Prince remains tattered. Ray Suarez takes a closer look at the state of Haiti's government and what it means for rebuilding effo...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:22:36 -0500 Aid Groups in Haiti Launch Massive Vaccination Effort With conditions on the ground ripe for a disease outbreak, aid groups in Haiti have launched a campaign to vaccinate more than 100,000 people against measles, diphtheria and tetanus. Emma Murphy of IT...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:20:01 -0500 Racing against time, weather for Haiti's quake victims, UN seeks hazard-proof shelters The United Nations said on Monday that it is racing against time to bring in hazard-resistant tents for Haiti's earthquake victims before the rainy season starts, provide sufficient agricultural input...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:19:59 -0500 UN urges shelter support for Haiti's quake victims ahead of rainy season With the forthcoming rainy season and hurricanes, around 1 million Haitian earthquake victims are in urgent need of sturdy shelters other than tents and plastic sheets, a senior UN officials said Mond...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:19:12 -0500 Actress Jolie Visits Haiti Survivors in DomRep Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has met with hospitalized Haitian earthquake victims in the Dominican Republic. Dario Manon is a spokesman for the Dario Contrera Hospital in the capital of Santo Domi...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:18:47 -0500 Wyclef Jean, Choir Open BET Concert for Haiti Wyclef Jean arrives at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) (AP) Wyclef Jean opened the "SOS Saving OurSelves — Help for Haiti" concert and te...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:29:12 -0500 Actress Jolie visits Haiti survivors in DomRep Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have begun legal action against a British tabloid that reported the celebrity couple was going to split, a lawyer acting on their behalf confirmed Monday. Keith Schilling...