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08/27/2010 04:07 AM
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HAITI: Scraping by on Mud Cookies
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At six in the morning in Cite Soleil, the poorest zone of
Haiti's capital city, the sun is already up. It's the start of
another workday for Lurene Jeanti, making cookies from mud,
butter and salt. She's been mixing the ingredients on the side
of the road to sell to her neighbours for the past eight
years.
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08/09/2010 11:31 PM
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Haitians in DR Reap Far Less than They Sow
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Luis Miguel, a soft-spoken and serious 21-year-old from
Haiti's Artibonnite Valley, stands on a ridge overlooking the
small farm in the Dominican Cibao where he works as the
owner's overseer. He adopted his Dominican moniker in order to
fit in.
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08/02/2010 06:08 AM
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HAITI: Gonaives Girds for Heavy Storm Season
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Gonaives, the third largest city in Haiti, is rushing to
prepare for an expected highly active hurricane season. The
city was flooded by three hurricanes in the past six years -
Hannah and Ike in 2008, and Jeanne, which killed at least
2,500 people in 2004.
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08/03/2010 03:40 AM
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Haitian Immigrant Street Peddlers Try to Get a Leg Up
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Gaston Dorelus has little education, no vocational training,
no extrinsic qualifications to make his way through life any
easier.
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08/02/2010 03:19 AM
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Haiti Gears Up for Polls - Again, Sans Lavalas
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After weeks of delays, Haitian President René Préval confirmed
this month that presidential and legislative elections will
take place on Nov. 28. The U.N. and Western donor nations are
pledging millions of dollars in support of the polls, but with
at least 1.5 million people still homeless from the January
earthquake, questions loom over how to ensure voter
participation.
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07/29/2010 08:38 AM
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Q&A: "NGOs Are Here to Stay"
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InterAction is the largest alliance of U.S.-based NGOs, with
over 190 members. Its head, Sam Worthington, spoke recently
with IPS about the role of NGOs in Haiti, the U.S. and
throughout the world.
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07/26/2010 08:34 AM
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HAITI: Patchwork of Aid Groups Coming into Focus
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Half a year ago, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from
around the globe flocked to Haiti to help pick up the pieces
after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake shattered the fragile
Caribbean nation. Many have since left, but hundreds remain,
as does the logistical challenge of their coordination.
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07/16/2010 11:25 AM
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Haiti's Tent Camps Likely to Remain for Years
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Six months after Haiti's devastating earthquake, U.N. aid
agencies say they are entering the challenging phase of
replacing the tents that are home to the estimated 1.5 million
people who remain displaced.
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07/15/2010 12:42 PM
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HAITI: Six Months On, Shelter Still a Main Priority
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Six months ago Monday, an earthquake rocked the western
hemisphere's poorest country, driving it deeper into poverty
and burying it under its nascent infrastructure.
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07/10/2010 02:14 AM
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Flooded with NGOs, Haiti Looks to Fall Presidential Polls
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They descended in droves after the Jan. 12 earthquake
devastated the French-speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom)
country, killing an estimated 300,000 people and leaving more
than one million homeless.
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07/05/2010 03:52 AM
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Caribbean Summit Seeks United Front to Economic Crisis
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Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders are gathering here next
week for their annual summit still struggling to recover from
the two-year global economic and financial crisis that has
taken a major toll on their individual economies.
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06/26/2010 11:47 AM
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Fragile States Becoming More Fragile
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Some of the world's weakest states are becoming ever more
fragile, according to the 2010 edition of the annual "Failed
States Index" (FSI) released here Monday by Foreign Policy
magazine and the independent Fund for Peace (FFP).
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06/26/2010 01:51 AM
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Haitian Farmers Leery of Monsanto's Largesse
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Haitian farmers are worried that giant transnational
corporations like Monsanto are attempting to gain a larger
foothold in the local economy under the guise of earthquake
relief and rebuilding.
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06/14/2010 08:53 AM
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As "Temporary" Camps Linger, Tensions Rise with Haitian Landowners
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Thousands of victims of the January earthquake in Haiti are at
risk of being displaced for a second time as private
landowners throughout the nation's capital city grow impatient
with makeshift tent camps on their properties.
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05/27/2010 05:28 AM
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Q&A: "Agrarian Reform Is Indispensible for Haiti"
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In the wake of unimaginable death and destruction, Haitian farmers continue to work hard to wring food for their country out of a depleted land. But now they have company.
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