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Haitians remember their earthquake dead a year on
January 13, 2011Haitians have been marking the first anniversary of the earthquake that devastated their country and left some 250,000 of their fellow citizens dead. A minute's silence was held at 1653 local time (2153 GMT) - the exact time the 7.0 magnitude quake...
Haiti: Cholera confirmed in Port-au-Prince
November 12, 2010The health ministry in Port-au-Prince has confirmed that the country's cholera outbreak has reached the Haitian capital. Doctors are treating 73 people for the disease, amid fears that it could spread across the quake-hit city. Meanwhile, the Pan...
Haitian President: rebuilding Port-au-Prince as before quake - a major historical mistake
March 10, 2010Haitian President Rene Preval is urging a post-earthquake emphasis on developing the country's provinces, saying rebuilding the capital Port-au-Prince as it was before the January's quake would be "a major historical mistake." Mr. Preval met...
Man pulled alive from Haiti earthquake rubble
February 10, 2010Authorities in Haiti say a man has been pulled alive from rubble in Port-au-Prince where he may have been trapped since the January 12 earthquake. Officials say the severely dehydrated man was buried under a marketplace and was discovered as locals dug...
Wife of U.S. Ambassador to Haiti recounts horrors of earthquake
February 05, 2010By Nicholas F. Benton Susan Merten, the wife of the U.S. Ambassador to Haiti, gave a spellbinding firsthand report of the horrors of the Jan. 16 earthquake in Haiti to a gathering of the Falls Church chapter of Rotary International in Virginia ...
Haitian woman, 84, pulled alive from rubble 10 days after quake
January 23, 2010Woman was rescued from the ruins of her home Friday An 84-year-old Haitian woman has been pulled alive from the rubble of her Port-au-Prince home, 10 days after she was buried by the earthquake that devastated the capital and surrounding areas. Emergency...
Quake-striken Haitians grow desperate for food, supplies
January 15, 2010Haitians are growing increasingly desperate waiting for food, water and medicine after a devastating earthquake left the capital in ruins and killed up to an estimated 50,000 people. International troops and planeloads of supplies are arriving in Port...
Moldova’s provides assistance to Haiti
January 15, 2010The Republic of Moldova, considered to be the poorest country in Europe, will provide the amount of 100 thousand USD to Haiti Republic, a country hit by a fierce earthquake, DECA-press Agency informs. Chisinau provided these funds in order for Haiti...
Haitian relief efforts: World Bank to create Haiti Reconstruction Fund
January 15, 2010US$ 100 Million for Recovery and Reconstruction of Haiti in Wake of Earthquake In swift response to the worst catastrophe in Haiti’s history, the World Bank has mobilized considerable technical and financial resources to help the impoverished nation...
Full picture of Haiti devastation emerges as international aid mobilized
January 15, 2010By Michael Bowman In Port-au-Prince, sheet-draped bodies remain unclaimed, and untold numbers of people are trapped in rubble or missing and feared dead. Death, devastation and deprivation prevail in Haiti's capital, as the full extent of the country...