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50 children die in Haiti as a school building collapse

Posted by: hardtalk

Port-au-Prince :: Haiti | about 1 month ago | Conflict & Tragedy

A hillside school in Haiti, where 500 students crowded into several floors, collapsed during classes on Friday, killing at least 50 people and injuring many more. More children were believed buried in the rubble of the concrete building, and the...

Children found alive in Haiti school rubble

Posted by: kalex

Port-au-Prince :: Haiti | about 1 month ago | Political News

Rescue workers pulled two uninjured children from the rubble of a school that collapsed the day before, a spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross said Saturday. The children have been reunited with their families, Rob Drouen said....

Cerabino: Palm Beach restaurant owner posts KKK notes election night

Source: Palm Beach Post

Port-au-Prince :: Haiti | 2 months ago | Political News

I've got a hot head and I'm crazy," she said today. "It's my hot Italian blood." Gatti shares ownership of the restaurant with her black business partner and chef, Avery Watson. She said her exuberance over John McCain was just...

Pastor probed in Haiti school collapse

Source: The Sunshine Coast Daily

Port-au-Prince :: Haiti | about 1 month ago | No category

Police have questioned the pastor who ran a Haitian school that collapsed, killing 93 people, as rescuers dig through the rubble in the search for survivors. "Haitian authorities are looking into the matter," Justice Secretary Joseph-Luc Euchere told AFP.

Supplies collected by CAHS to delivered to Haiti today --

Source: The Virgin Island Daily News

Port-au-Prince :: Haiti | about 1 month ago | Entertainment News

Sometime today, Ryan Kite will be landing his BE-60, six-seat aircraft in Haiti transporting several containers loaded with aid to be distributed among the people of that hurricane-ravaged island. Coordinated by a group of teachers and students at Charlotte Amalie...

$23m Ponzi scheme uncovered

Source: The Courier-Mail

Port-au-Prince :: Haiti | 7 days ago | Business News

SEC halts $23 million Ponzi scheme run by George Theodule From correspondents in Washington December 31, 2008 08:39am US securities regulators obtained an emergency court order to stop an alleged Ponzi scheme that collected more than $23 million from thousands...

Second school collapse hits Haiti

Source: BBC

Port-au-Prince :: Haiti | about 1 month ago | No category

At least seven people were hurt by the collapse at a private school called Divine Grace in the centre of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Almost 90 people died last week, mostly students, in another collapse at a school building in the...

Bailouts Dwarf Spending on Climate and Poverty Crises

Source: Alternet

Port-au-Prince :: Haiti | about 1 month ago | Business News

The financial crisis is only one of multiple crises that will affect every country, rich and poor alike...Tens of millions of people across the developing world are expected to fall into extreme poverty and joblessness as a result of an...

Children dying in Haiti, victims of food crisis

Source: Associated Press

Port-au-Prince :: Haiti | about 1 month ago | No category

Nearby, a 4-year-old girl hung from a strap attached to a scale, her wide eyes lifeless, her emaciated arms dangling weakly...At least 26 severely malnourished children have died in the past four weeks in the remote region of Baie d'Orange...

Children dying in Haiti, victims of food crisis

Posted by: thapaprajwal

Port-au-Prince :: Haiti | about 1 month ago | Technology News

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The 5-year-old teetered on broomstick legs — he weighed less than 20 pounds, even after days of drinking enriched milk. Nearby, a 4-year-old girl hung from a strap attached to a scale, her wide eyes lifeless, her...