Ouest, Haiti News

Editor's Note: Star Press journalist Jeri Reichanadter traveled to Haiti with World Renewal International and Brandywine Community Church.

Editor's Note: Award-winning Standard-Times photographer Peter Pereira recently traveled to Haiti and spent some time photographing the mountain people who live above the teeming capital of Port-Au-Prince. An hour's flight from the opulence of Miami is all it takes to reach the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere.

American dad wins Brazil custody battle A A Dec. 22: An American father who has been in an international custody fight is told by Brazila TMs chief justice that his 9-year-old son must be returned to him.

Rescue workers searched the stormy waters off Lebanon on Friday after a cargo ship sank, killing at least 11 people and leaving dozens missing.

Southern heat Dany LaferriA re Dany Laferrire's Heading South is a series of sex-filled vignettes involving different races and classes in Haiti Jason Anderson Published on Wednesday, Dec.

All content within this section is pure rumor and generally have no factual info outside of what the streets have whispered in our ear.

An Italian journalist was mortally wounded by gunmen who may have tried to rob him outside a bank in Haiti's capital, Haitian media reported Sunday.

Haiti's U.N. peacekeeping mission urged local officials Friday to provide a justification for banning 17 political groups from participating in next year's legislative elections.

Haiti's electoral council has banned the influential party of exiled former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from running in next year's legislative elections.

This Nov. 13, 2009 photo shows Leonardo Sanchez, 12, holding a market sign that reads in Spanish "take advantage," as he works with family members in the La Merced market in Mexico City.

PRINCE, Nov 20 - Under a beating sun in the grassy field where two U.N. helicopters landed in Grand Goave last week, 19-year-old Benson Blanc moved his hands as if rapid-firing a gun into the ground in front of him and made a "tok-tok-tok-tok" sound.

EDITOR'S NOTE - The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child 20 years ago Friday, yet hundreds of millions of children still suffer from violence, hunger and disease.

The Coast Guard Cutter Oak returned home to Charleston Saturday after a 30-day deployment to Florida, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Port Au Prince, Haiti, and San Juan, Puerto Rico During this deployment, the cutter Oak, a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender, conducted an international engagement with Haiti 's Coast Guard.

Two women who have devoted their careers to educating people in the poorest communities in Haiti will be the special guest speakers at a public forum from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday at the offices of LEAP , 440 Civic Center Plaza.

Haitian senators have taken a key first step toward replacing the prime minister they ousted a week ago.

Honor Recognizes Courageous and Innovative Approaches to Human Rights NEW YORK, Nov.

A top official said negotiators for Honduras' interim and ousted leaders have signed an agreement that allows for the possible return of deposed President Manuel Zelaya.

Port-Au-Prince, Oct 31 The Conference of the CARICOM Committee of Central Bank Governors admitted that the Basin''s economic recovery from the global crisis will be slower than expected.

BAGHDAD a ' Iraq announced Thursday that it had arrested dozens of police officers and army soldiers responsible for security in the neighborhood where car bombs killed and wounded hundreds of people outside government buildings this week.

Eds: APNewsNow. Will be led. For global distribution. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis has been removed from office by a Senate vote.