Next for Haiti: a Hurricane (and Maybe a Huge Quake)
Haitian officials and aid workers are scrambling to prepare the devastated country for yet another natural disaster. Tropical Storm Tomas is expected to hit Haiti by the end of the week—and to be a...
View ArticleCholera Kills 900+ in Haiti
Cholera has claimed more than 900 lives in Haiti and has hit six of the country’s 10 provinces. As of Friday, more than 14,600 had been hospitalized since the outbreak began last month , according to...
View ArticleAmid Tragedy, Haiti Readies for Vote
Facing recovery from a pair of natural disasters and an outbreak of cholera, work is cut out for Haiti’s next president. Who that will be, however, is anyone’s guess: of 18 candidates, no one...
View ArticleSean Penn to Sheen: C'mon Down to Haiti
Sean Penn knows a thing or two about being crazy, and thinks earthquake-ravaged Haiti's just the place for old pal and certified crazyperson Charlie Sheen. Penn says he'd like to "show my old friend...
View ArticleBig Quakes Trigger Small Ones—Not Other Big Ones
Over the past 15 months, large earthquakes have struck China , Haiti , Chile , New Zealand , Japan , and Burma . But those quakes weren't connected, and they won't trigger any other big ones,...
View ArticleUS Report Questions Haiti Death Toll
The number of people killed or made homeless by the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti last year is well below the Haitian government's figures, according to a report commissioned by the US...
View Article2 Years After Quake, 500K Homeless in Haiti
The wires are awash with two-year anniversary stories about Haiti's earthquake, which pretty much run the optimism gamut from the Washington Post (Headline: "Two years after quake, signs of progress in...
View ArticleHaiti's New Ambassador: Sean Penn
"Diplomacy" doesn't even make the list of the top million things associated with Sean Penn, but Haiti has gone ahead and named the actor its ambassador at large anyway. Penn, who has long labored for...
View ArticleWorld Habitat Day a Reminder of the Need for Shelter
It's World Habitat Day, and in the Huffington Post Jimmy Carter urges you to take the time to "recognize the basic need for shelter" around the globe. In Haiti, for example, hundreds of thousands still...
View ArticleQuake Victim Gets Final Wish: a Haitian Orphanage
Haiti has an immense orphan problem— UNICEF says there were 430,000 orphans as of 2012—and Britney Gengel had desperately wanted to help. Just a few hours before she died in the 2010 Haiti earthquake ,...
View Article5 Years After Quake, Beyonce Drops In on Haiti
Pop queen Beyonce has paid a visit to Haiti to look at the progress made since an earthquake devastated the country five years ago. Haiti UN mission spokeswoman Sophie Boutaud de la Combe said...
View ArticleRed Cross Built Just 6 Houses in Haiti After the Quake
The American Red Cross raised nearly $500 million after Haiti's devastating 2010 earthquake, but what happened to the money? According to an NPR and Pro Publica report, the organization claims to have...
View ArticleSean Penn to Sheen: C'mon Down to Haiti
Sean Penn knows a thing or two about being crazy, and thinks earthquake-ravaged Haiti's just the place for old pal and certified crazyperson Charlie Sheen. Penn says he'd like to "show my old friend...
View ArticleBig Quakes Trigger Small Ones—Not Other Big Ones
Over the past 15 months, large earthquakes have struck China , Haiti , Chile , New Zealand , Japan , and Burma . But those quakes weren't connected, and they won't trigger any other big ones,...
View ArticleUS Report Questions Haiti Death Toll
The number of people killed or made homeless by the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti last year is well below the Haitian government's figures, according to a report commissioned by the US...
View Article2 Years After Quake, 500K Homeless in Haiti
The wires are awash with two-year anniversary stories about Haiti's earthquake, which pretty much run the optimism gamut from the Washington Post (Headline: "Two years after quake, signs of progress in...
View ArticleHaiti's New Ambassador: Sean Penn
"Diplomacy" doesn't even make the list of the top million things associated with Sean Penn, but Haiti has gone ahead and named the actor its ambassador at large anyway. Penn, who has long labored for...
View ArticleWorld Habitat Day a Reminder of the Need for Shelter
It's World Habitat Day, and in the Huffington Post Jimmy Carter urges you to take the time to "recognize the basic need for shelter" around the globe. In Haiti, for example, hundreds of thousands still...
View ArticleQuake Victim Gets Final Wish: a Haitian Orphanage
Haiti has an immense orphan problem— UNICEF says there were 430,000 orphans as of 2012—and Britney Gengel had desperately wanted to help. Just a few hours before she died in the 2010 Haiti earthquake ,...
View Article5 Years After Quake, Beyonce Drops In on Haiti
Pop queen Beyonce has paid a visit to Haiti to look at the progress made since an earthquake devastated the country five years ago. Haiti UN mission spokeswoman Sophie Boutaud de la Combe said...
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