Ouest, Haiti News

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

"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.

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