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U.N. Birthday Rocks for Its Peacemakers

Jim Luce | Posted 11.06.2009 | New York

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Jim Luce

Flashbulbs popping non-stop, H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations in New York, entered the U.N. General Assembly Hall in New ...

Will history be made in Nassau County on Election Day 2009?

Room Eight | Room Eight | Posted 10.29.2009 | Home

Read More: Nassau, Haiti, Home News

Come next Tuesday 3rd November 2009, Mr. Carrie Solages will be on the ballot for County Clerk of Nassau. This Long Island native is a thirty year old...

Sex Abuse Suspect Accused Of Seeking Boys In US

CBS4Denver | CBS 4 Denver | Posted 10.28.2009 | Home

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Federal prosecutors say a Colorado man charged with sexually abusing nine boys at a school he founded in Haiti was using his computer while in ...

Hearing Delayed For Coloradan In Haiti Abuse Case

CBS4Denver | CBS 4 Denver | Posted 10.19.2009 | Home

Read More: Haiti, Home News

A bail hearing has been rescheduled in Connecticut for a Colorado man charged with molesting nine boys at a school he founded in Haiti for poor childr...

Bond Hearing Set For Man In Haiti Sex Abuse Case

CBS4Denver | CBS 4 Denver | Posted 10.19.2009 | Home


A bail hearing is set to continue in federal court in Connecticut for a Colorado man charged with sexually abusing nine boys at a school he fou...

SEC Charges 3 Men In $14 Million Ponzi Scheme That Targeted Haitians In Florida, New Jersey

AP | JENNIFER KAY | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business


MIAMI — Three men are accused of running a Ponzi scheme that scammed more than $14 million from hundreds of Haitian-American investors in South ...

UN Plane Crash In Haiti Kills All 11 On Board

AP | JONATHAN M. KATZ | Posted 10.10.2009 | World


FONDS-PARISIEN, Haiti — A surveillance plane assigned to the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti crashed into a mountain Friday, killing all 11 m...

Advice for the "Nothing I Do Really Helps!" Blues

Carine Fabius | Posted 10.07.2009 | Living


Carine Fabius

In the end, life is not made up of days and weeks and months and years but by each moment. And if only one moment can be made sweeter by just one of our acts, then we will have fulfilled our purpose.

Creating Hope and Opportunity in Haiti for Extremely Poor Women and their Families

Susan Davis | Posted 10.06.2009 | World


Susan Davis

After two years of support -- asset transfers, skill training and social linkages -- over 90% of our program women "graduate" into becoming successful microfinance members.

Dominican soldiers to settle along Haiti border

AP | RAMON ALMANZAR | Posted 09.30.2009 | Home

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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Authorities plan to relocate soldiers and their families to border communities that are home to thousands of illegal Haitian immigrants and increasingly fewer Dominicans.

Dozens of families will move next year as part of a pilot program to reforest the area, repair run-down homes and teach locals how to read and write, Military Secretary Pedro Rafael Pena said Wednesday.

The first families will move to the southwestern province of Pedernales, where the government says Haitians have damaged the Bahoruco mountain range by chopping down trees to plant crops and build makeshift homes. Soldiers also will reclaim property that Haitians seized after local residents left, Pena said.

He did not know how much the relocation would cost, but said it would receive private-sector financing.

The Rev. Regino Martinez, a Dominican priest, disputed the government's claim that the thousands of Haitian immigrants living along the 240-mile (390-kilometer) border are driving locals away.

Wyclef Jean To Team Up WIth Timberland On Eco-Friendly Boots

AP | HOLLY RAMER | Posted 09.30.2009 | Green


CONCORD, N.H. — Wyclef Jean and The Timberland Co. are teaming up to sell eco-friendly footwear and support reforestation of the singer's native Haiti.

Jean, who achieved fame with The Fugees before going solo, collaborated with the New Hampshire-based footwear and apparel company on a 16-boot collection going on sale in November. Timberland also will sell T-shirts designed by Haitian children, and a new line of organic shirts and hats will be sold at Jean's concerts, with a cut of the profits going to Jean's Yele Haiti foundation.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Jean says he hopes the partnership will inspire children and put a new face on his homeland. The partnership is part of Timberland's Earthkeepers program, which promotes environmental and social activism.

Genius: a Talk With Edwidge Danticat

Martha St Jean | Posted 09.24.2009 | World


Martha St Jean

"When [my first novel] was just published, people walked up to me and told me that someone who worked at their house is Haitian," Danticat said. "Now there are a number of people telling me that their doctor is Haitian."

New York, New York: My Kind of Town

Reporters Uncensored | Posted 09.23.2009 | World


Reporters Uncensored

It won't surprise Ahmadinejad that the largest gathering of Iranians in exile in thirty years will be waiting for him here in New York City with green bandanas -- but the sight of rabbis next to them might.

Matt Damon's Commitment to Bill Clinton

Katherine Gustafson | Posted 09.23.2009 | World


Katherine Gustafson

As good as his movies are and as dazzling as his hundred-watt smile is, the best thing about Matt Damon is that he just announced that his non-profit, Water.org, will provide clean water to 50,000 people in Haiti.

Child Slavery in Haiti: Odette's Story

The Morningside Post | Posted 09.24.2009 | World


The Morningside Post

More than 300,000 children are currently enslaved as restaveks in Haiti. They make up 3 percent of Haiti's population. More often than not they are emotionally and physically abused.

Police Search for Florida Man Suspected of Killing Family

Essence | Essence | Posted 09.21.2009 | Home


North Naples, Florida detectives are currently searching for Mesac Damas, 33, who they suspect killed his wife and their five young children after the...

Why We Shouldn't Stigmatize Haiti

Jeff Antebi | Posted 09.23.2009 | World


Jeff Antebi

I discovered something unexpected about Haiti. It's nowhere near as apocalyptic as one might think. For experienced travelers, it's a place worth visiting (with heavy doses of caveats and cautions).

Haiti Braces For Ana, First Storm Of Season

AP | JONATHAN M. KATZ | Posted 09.17.2009 | World


MABRIYOLE, Haiti — Venecia Louis nearly starved last year after four tropical storms pummeled Haiti. Now the 4-year-old's cheeks are pudgier, bu...

Why Food Sovereignty Is the New Food Security

Salena Tramel | Posted 10.29.2009 | World


Salena Tramel

Instead of spending their money revitalizing the agricultural sector, NGO programs round up small-scale farmers to build roads and clean out sewage systems in return for food vouchers.

The Minimum Wage and the Coup in Honduras

Robert Naiman | Posted 09.07.2009 | World


Robert Naiman

By its failure to help restore Honduran President Zelaya, the Obama Administration is helping to drive down the minimum wage in Honduras, Haiti, and throughout the world.

Fractured Paradise: Four Days in Haiti

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 09.03.2009 | World


Cameron Sinclair

Last week I traveled to Haiti to see if my organization could provide design and building services for a couple of projects. What I found was a country very different from what was reported in the media.

"Generation 3.0" of Intervention in Haiti: What Is Bill Clinton Doing on the Island Anyways?

Salena Tramel | Posted 10.29.2009 | World


Salena Tramel

Here in Haiti, a country all too often characterized by internal instability, the biggest scandals of all have external origins. Just ask the Haitians.

Haitian Shipwreck: Hopes Dim For Missing Victims

AP | JONATHAN M. KATZ and JENNIFER KAY | Posted 08.29.2009 | World


CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti — There was no warning when the overloaded sailboat plowed into a coral reef and began to break apart. In the darkness, some ...

Bill Clinton, Haiti Envoy, Makes First Visit

AP | JONATHAN M. KATZ | Posted 08.06.2009 | World


PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Bill Clinton aims to refocus international attention on this Caribbean country's deep economic problems and environmenta...