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3 hrs ago | CBS News

Haiti PM: US State Dept to send legal team

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti &#8212 Haiti's prime minister says a team of legal experts from the U.S. State Department will visit the Caribbean nation this week.

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Related Topix: Haiti, World News, Jean-Claude Duvalier

Sat Feb 11, 2012

CBS News

Haiti 'Baby Doc' case spurs claim of gov't sway

In this Wednesday Oct. 12, 2011 file photo, Haiti's President Michel Martelly, center, shakes hands with former strongman Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, right, during a meeting in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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Related Topix: Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haiti, World News, Prison

Tue Feb 07, 2012

CBS 47

Protesters ask Haiti leader to show travel docs

Haitian president-elect Michel Martelly speaks during a press conference the morning after the preliminary results of the campaign were announced April 5, 2011 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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Related Topix: Haiti, World News

Wed Feb 01, 2012

AlertNet

Child and Youth Protection & Development Coordinator - Haiti

Posted: 01 February 2012 Deadline: 01 April 2012 Job type: Permanent Salary: TBD Location: Haiti Organisation: International Rescue Committee The International Rescue Committee responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives.

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Related Topix: Haiti, Central America, World News,

WTEN-TV Albany

Sean Penn named ambassador for Haiti in ceremony

Sean Penn, left, Haiti's President Michel Martelly, right, and Haiti's Foreign Minister Laurent Lamothe, center.

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Related Topix: Haiti, World News

Mon Jan 30, 2012

Canada Online Explorer

Best Western to open upscale hotel in Haiti

Best Western, the mid-scale hotel chain that operates in more than 100 countries, is planning to open an upscale hotel in Haiti to cater to business travellers.

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Related Topix: Haiti, World News, Central America, Travel

Hays Daily News

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Haitian judge ...

Haitian judge says he recommends ex-leader be tried for corruption, not human rights charges.

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Related Topix: Haiti, World News

Sun Jan 29, 2012

KFVS12

A trip to Haiti to empower women

It was a mission to empower women designed by Zonta International. The hope: Give the women of Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, the tools they need to provide a better life for their families and generate a better tomorrow for all the women, children and men of the country.

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Related Topix: Haiti, World News, Central America,

Sat Jan 28, 2012

WCTV Tallahassee

Scientists: Haiti, DR may facing big quake period

Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Republic could be in for a period of periodic powerful earthquakes, according to a scientific study released Thursday.

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Related Topix: Haiti, World News, Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Geology, Science

Fri Jan 27, 2012

KHOU-TV Houston

2 years after earthquake, Rockets' Dalembert still helps home country Haiti

But two years ago Dalembert had to reassess his priorities after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck his home town of Port Au Prince, Haiti on January 12.

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Related Topix: Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Haiti, World News, Family, Kids, Armageddon, Life, Hobbies

WTXL

Haiti president now says no pardon for Duvalier

Jean-Claude Duvalier the former Haitian leader known as 'Baby Doc', waves as he is taken into custody by Haitian police at the Hotel Karibe on January 18, 2011 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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Related Topix: Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haiti, World News

Deseret News

US man helping in Haiti rebuilding is shot, robbed

A U.S. man who helped build a trauma center in Haiti after January 2010's devastating earthquake was treated at that hospital after being critically wounded during a robbery in the capital of Port-au-Prince, his wife and doctors said Friday.

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Related Topix: Haiti, Central America, World News,

Austin American-Statesman

US man helping in Haiti rebuilding is shot, robbed

This undated photo provided by the Bompart family shows Dave Bompart of Columbus Ohio.

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Related Topix: Haiti, Central America, World News,

Thu Jan 26, 2012

Daily Mail

Haiti and the shaming of the aid zealots: How donated billions have INCREASED poverty and corruption

The first thing that strikes you is the smell: a sweet, sickly stench that sticks to your skin.

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Related Topix: Haiti, World News, Central America, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Earthquake,

Wed Jan 25, 2012

Reuters

Best Western to open upscale hotel in Haiti

Best Western, the mid-scale hotel chain that operates in more than 100 countries, is planning to open an upscale hotel in Haiti to cater to business travelers.

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Related Topix: Haiti, Central America, World News,

CBS News

New CEO for Digicel in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti &#8212 Haiti's biggest employer has named a new chief executive to run Digicel, the mobile phone company announced Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Haiti, Central America, World News,

Mon Jan 23, 2012

The Papillion Times

Haiti leader launches power program

Nebraska won't spend money to study the feasibility of building a dam and hydropower project that would put the city of Ashland under a massive reservoir.

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Related Topix: Lincoln, NE, Haiti, World News

Sun Jan 22, 2012

Hawk Eye

Medical team goes on church mission trip

Submitted photo A group from Great River Medical Center on a church mission trip help "Baby David" Dec.

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Related Topix: Haiti, World News, Central America, Earthquake, Natural Disasters

News Observer

2011 travel photo contest winners

"Man and Boy in Port-Au-Prince, With Umbrella." Over a year after the 2010 earthquake that devastated Port-Au-Prince, hundreds of thousands of Haitians were still living in temporary tent camps.

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Related Topix: Haiti, World News, Central America, Bald Head Island, NC, Raleigh, NC, Chapel Hill, NC

Fri Jan 20, 2012

The Winnipeg Free Press

Haiti concludes landmark trial as judge convicts 8 police officers, acquits 6 in prison deaths

Displaced Haitians walk the streets amidst collapsed buildings and rubble in downtown Port Au Prince, Haiti, after the January 2010 earthquake.

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Related Topix: Haiti, World News, Central America, Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Riot,

 

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