By Rae Chelle Davis Staff Writer
June 8, 2010
We woke up this morning in warm beds surrounded by the things we are accustom to. Yes, we were staying in Atlanta with people we had just met but it was
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By JONATHAN M. KATZ
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Surrounded by waving banners of blue and red, Haitian President Rene Preval pledged to step down as scheduled next year, rebuking critics who allege he is using the post-earthquake emergency to hold onto power.
Preval told thousands celebrating Flag
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian protesters marched to the collapsed national palace for a second straight Monday to criticize President Rene Preval, saying he failed the nation in the aftermath of its catastrophic earthquake.
At least 1,000 people marched to the center of the wrecked capital, where
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) -- The head of a group of US missionaries arrested trying to leave Haiti with 33 children was freed on Monday, ending an emotionally charged case involving the highest US and Haitian authorities after the huge earthquake here.
Laura Silsby. AFP
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MIAMI (CBS4) ?The crew of a Coast Guard cutter repatriated 125 Haitian migrants Thursday after being located at sea in an exceedingly-overloaded sail freighter. The Coast Guarder Cutter Seneca located the vessel on Tuesday, April 20, 2010.
While conducting a routine patrol in the Caribbean Sea, Seneca
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) -- Haiti's devastating January 12 earthquake killed between 250,000 and 300,000 people, the head of the United Nations mission in the country said Thursday.
Until now, the Haitian government death toll was more than 220,000.
April 21 "marked the
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by Clement Sabourin
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) -- The meal doesn't look like much, rice, a few vegetables and a little bit of meat, but for the Haitian school children who receive it for free, it is reason enough to come to class.
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