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Haiti quake creates new crisis among women, girls

The Miami Herald: PORT-AU-PRINCE -- Fourteen-day-old Alexandro Joseph has never seen a doctor and 7-month-old Lovemika Belzi has suffered from diarrhea since the day she was born. In the sprawling camps that continue...

Why It Took Eleven Months Instead of Three Weeks to Show that Haitiâs Cholera Is Nepalese: a Tale of Noble and Ignoble Scientists, Harvard, and the U.N.

Axis of Logic: It took nearly a year since the start of Haiti's cholera epidemic for scientists to get conclusive proof that the cholera bacteria in Haiti are identical to bacteria in Nepal. Drs. Frank Aarestrup...

Endgame for Brazil's role in MINUSTAH?

Scoop: Tuesday, 30 August 2011, 11:52 am Article: Council on Hemispheric Affairs Endgame for Brazil’s role in MINUSTAH? by August 29, 2011 Brazil’s leadership in the United Nations...

Haitian women deliver babies across border

photo: US Navy / Brian A. Goyak

Thousands flee US East Coast ahead of hurricane

photo: USAF / Courtney Richardson

Hurricane Irene Headed for Haiti and Dominican Republic

photo: US Navy / Eric C. Tretter

Project HOPE On Medical Mission to Haiti Aboard USNS Comfort As Hospital Ship Returns to ...

photo: US Navy / Eric C. Tretter

UN World Humanitarian Day honors all who made 'ultimate sacrifice'

photo: UN / Evan Schneider

Bill Clinton aide named as Haiti's 3rd pick for PM
The Guardian 2011-09-01

TRENTON DANIEL Associated Press= PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A recent top aide to former U.S. President Bill Clinton in his work as the U.N. special envoy for Haiti is being nominated to be Haitian prime minister, a legislative leader said Wednesday night. Saurel Jacinthe, president of the Chamber...

Top aide for Bill Clinton's work as UN envoy for Haiti nominated for Haitian prime minister
Star Tribune 2011-09-01

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A recent top aide to former U.S. President Bill Clinton in his work as the U.N. special envoy for Haiti is being nominated to be Haitian prime minister, a legislative leader said Wednesday night. Saurel Jacinthe, president of the Chamber of Deputies, told The Associated Press...

Correction: Haiti Slain Notary story
The State 2011-08-31

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - In an Aug. 27 story about the...

Haitian police free kidnapped American citizen
The Associated Press 2011-08-31

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- A U.S. citizen who was kidnapped last week from his home in Haiti's capital was freed Tuesday after police surrounded his captors' hideout, a Haitian police official said. Frank Jean-Baptiste was rescued by a special...

Haiti's women, girls suffering long after quake
San Fransisco Chronicle 2011-08-31

Mexico City -- Nearly 20 months after Haiti's devastating earthquake, women and girls have been badly neglected in recovery efforts, subjected to sexual violence and left without access to obstetric...

As Refugees From Haiti Linger, Dominicans’ Good Will Fades
Herald Tribune 2011-08-31

CHENE, Dominican Republic — They have been blamed for spreading cholera, taking jobs and driving up crime, and now, with memories of the earthquake and the bonhomie it generated rapidly fading, this country is taking action: it is deporting Haitian refugees, turning them away from the border...

As Refugees From Haiti Linger, Dominicans' Good Will Fades
The New York Times 2011-08-31

Haiti Leadership Crisis and New President
Scoop 2011-08-31

Wednesday, 31 August 2011, 3:14 pm Press Release: Council on Hemispheric Affairs 30 Aug 2011 Haiti’s Chronic Crisis of Leadership Amidst a painstakingly difficult recovery from the January 2010 earthquake, Haiti still struggles to forge a definitive path toward true economic stability and an...

In Haiti, sexual violence, healthcare neglect plague women, girls
The Los Angeles Times 2011-08-30

Reporting from Mexico City— Nearly 20 months after Haiti's devastating earthquake, women and girls have been badly neglected in recovery efforts, subjected to sexual violence and left without access to obstetric care even as they give birth to scores of babies in squalid tent cities, human...

Clinton, Bush fund gives $1.4M to Haiti projects
Herald Tribune 2011-08-30

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - An organization set up by former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush is providing an additional $1.4 million to the effort to help Haiti rebuild from the January 2010 earthquake. The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund says just over $1 million will go to a Haitian company...

Celebrities and Valspar lend a "hand" to Haiti with online auction (ends 8/31)
The Examiner 2011-08-30

New York Citymay have experienced an earthquake and hurricane, but nothing compares to the devastation overseas. Haitian particular continues to rebuild after last year’s devastating earthquake that claimed the lives of over 200,000 Haitians, and displaced millions. Habitat for...