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A former Windsor priest who was arrested in the Dominican Republic and accused of sexually abusing teenaged boys in Haiti was denied bail Thursday.

Beyond the noisy town hall meetings, Tea Party protests and sky-is-falling speeches characterizing much of the health care debate is a less visible, but no less intense push to broaden the face of the immigration reform movement.

Haiti's electoral council has banned the influential party of exiled former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from running in next year's legislative elections. Fanmi Lavalas is among the 17 parties barred from February's elections because it submitted improper documents...

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former president Bill Clinton lead separate professional lives, but their work still intersects.

The political party of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide will be barred from legislative elections scheduled for Feb.

James Sullivan told fellow historical theology enthusiasts to meet on the corner of Barclay and Church Sts. to commence a walking tour of Pierre Toussaint’s life last weekend. Toussaint, well known for being on the path toward sainthood, came to New York in the late 18th century as a slave from Saint-Domingue, or present-day Haiti.

The political party of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide will be barred from legislative elections scheduled for February 28, Haitian elections officials said on Wednesday.

After her first mission trip to Haiti in 2001, Agnes Supernavage was hooked. She has dedicated herself to serving the poor in St.

In the kitchen at the Marriott Hollywood Beach, executive chef Ron Duprat is deftly garnishing plates, coaxing a laugh from his staff and showing off dishes from his new menu.

The U.S.-based charity organization The Salvation Army announced on Tuesday that it would increase funding to help fight the growing human trafficking in Haiti, which includes Dominican prostitutes. (had to fix title to reflect true meaning of story--Ed.)

Greetings from Haiti. Last year we had 1,200 students enrolled in our five parish schools.

Why is it that more than two thirds of the world's poor are women, although women are only half of the world's population? Discrimination is a key driver of poverty and women often face discrimination on multiple grounds they may be denied their rights because they are women and because they belong to a marginalized group.

CaribWorldNews, NEW YORK, NY, Weds. Nov. 25, 2009: HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean region may have experienced a slight decline in new cases according to the UN AIDS agency, women still remain the most affected.

The general of the U.S. Salvation Army says the organization will likely increase its funding to Haiti to fight human trafficking.

Haitian American politicians from across the United States, anxious to exert some influence over U.S. immigration laws, have forged an alliance in hopes of shaping legislation and policy toward Haiti.

What's Your Reaction? My wife Gouya and I traveled to Haiti last month with a group of supporters of the Mona Foundation , which included "The Office" actor Rainn Wilson and his wife Holiday Reinhorn.

In a documentary film produced by St. Thomas University students, Tata Dumaise, a mother of five, recounts how she's been able to provide for her family through a fair-trade women's artisan project in Haiti. Blooming Hope: Harvesting Smiles in Port-de-Paix, takes a look at three sustainable development projects in the far northwest of Haiti, from Port-de-Paix to Jean-Rabel.

After a reshuffling of Haitian president Rene Preval's handpicked Provisional Election Council (CEP) that nation's largest political party is poised for a comeback. The Fanmi Lavalas political organization of exiled president Jean-Bertrand Aristide were excluded from Senatorial elections on a technicality earlier this year but are now officially registered to participate in upcoming parliamentary elections in 2010..

Haitian Lucilien Joseph is making a special request to French President Nicolas Sarkozy who will be attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to be held in Port-of-Spain from November 27 to 29.