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Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/is-it-more-fair-to-share/?partner=rss&emc=rss6 Q's About the News | Why some are proposing a pool system for disaster aid donations in the United States.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:47:00 +0100IHTenIHT-fadb65c8a76e36d3116fe4902da9907aNaturalDisasters38.9051 -77.016220100202114700http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123375427&ft=1&f=1001While a group of Americans waits to see if child trafficking charges will be filed after they attempted to remove abandoned children from Haiti, the nation's longstanding "restavek" system, in which children become servants or worse, is under renewed criticism.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:44:00 +0100NPRnewsenNPRnews-94750cf3fa8389e73f413d4a5a5d9ef0UNbodiesMARS-STATNaturalDisastersHumanTrafficAgriculture18.54299 -72.34310220100204204400http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/619792010-02-04 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/soldiersmediacenter/4289996533/in/set-72157623243389988/In the wake of the Haitian earthquake, ANC Youth League Deputy President Andile Lungisa calls for the disaster to be seen within its broader historical context.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:45:00 +0100pambazukaenpambazuka-0871a54c50a4e00b16962ecff9698439ConflictNaturalDisasters20100204194500http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/02/04/haiti-baptists-orphans.html?ref=rssAmerican missionaries accused of child trafficking after they tried to take children out of Haiti without the required documents have appeared before a prosecutor in the Caribbean country.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:44:00 +0100CBCenCBC-2adba898b3995b4235a27a9aa83e88b4NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100204194400http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/world/americas/05orphans.htmlMembers of a Baptist group are expected to learn Thursday if they face charges for trying to take children out of the country.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:32:00 +0100nytimesennytimes-10f1d82bba9e7ccd50ecc76625abeefeNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100204193200http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/world/americas/05orphans.html?partner=rss&emc=rssMembers of a Baptist group may learn Thursday if they face charges for trying to take children out of the country.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:58:00 +0100IHTenIHT-10f1d82bba9e7ccd50ecc76625abeefeNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100204185800http://7thspace.com/headlines/333825/american_red_cross_and_other_us_blood_centers_send_blood_to_haiti.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%207thspace%20%287thSpace%20Interactive%29WASHINGTON, Wednesday, February 03, 2010 — As medical teams in Haiti continue to evaluate and treat the victims of the devastating earthquake, the American Red Cross is coordinating shipments of blood and blood products to Haiti at the request of the Pan ...Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:40:00 +01007thspaceen7thspace-735f4105885d381710718a66ae49b868NaturalDisastersEcho18.54299 -72.34310220100204184000http://www.abc.es/20100204/internacional-estados-unidos/discurso-integro-obama-desayuno-201002041733.htmlThank you so much. Heads of state, Cabinet members, my outstanding Vice President, members of Congress, religious leaders, distinguished guests, Admiral Mullen -- it"s good to see all of you. Let me begin by acknowledging the co-chairs of this breakfast, Senators Isakson and Klobuchar, who embody....Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:56:00 +0100abcenabc-c29f8a80df55bde43b61500cee2fd921NaturalDisasters20100204175600http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/haiti--27--28-countries-in-crisis,1151740.shtmlUNICEF Launches USD 1.2 Billion Appeal for Emergency Assistance NEW YORK, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As global attention focuses on efforts to provide life-saving support to the peo...Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:38:00 +0100earthtimesenearthtimes-a5ea055ee82a1b4b28092a57420e20dcCommunicableDiseaseOutbreaksCommunicableDiseasesUNbodiesConflictNaturalDisastersClimateChangeFinancialCrisis18.54299 -72.34310220100204173800http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100204/OPINION03/2040335/-1/OPINIONArticle published February 04, 2010 Get truth on Haitian children The media are running with the story that 10 Americans who traveled to Haiti engaged in human trafficking ("Americans deny child smuggling," Feb. 1). Their worst offense may have been not having filled out the right papers, or trusting that the pastor at the orphanage did.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:49:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-f3a946b5d3f8f26076c3b726db82315aUNbodiesImmigrationNaturalDisastersClimateChangeHumanTraffic20100204164900http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-national-prayer-breakfastWashington Hilton Washington, D.C. 9:08 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you very much. Please be seated. Thank you so much. Heads of state, Cabinet members, my outstanding Vice President, members of Congress, religious leaders, distinguished guests, Admiral Mullen -- it's good to see all of you.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:46:00 +0100WhitehouseenWhitehouse-dc1a564225f581baa74ea94eb0613c73NaturalDisasters38.9051 -77.016220100204164600http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/us/04airlift.html?hp&ex=&ei=&partner=ATLANTA — One after another after another, the five bright yellow medical stretchers rolled off a C-130 cargo plane and into waiting ambulances. Each carried a severely injured evacuee from Haiti . All were bound for hospitals in the Atlanta area. Federal and local medical officials were....Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:15:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-342ab067928e4fc94e0712d7e4c92fefNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100204111500http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/20100204093406/Article/index_html2010/02/04 PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haitian prosecutors will decide today whether to charge 10 US Christians, detained since they attempted to sneak a group of children out of the quake-hit country. “I’ve carried out the preliminary investigations and have sent the case to the prosecution service,” judge Isai Pierre-Louise told AFP yesterday.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:15:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-ea84738a83a6f6afa426963d874f5860NaturalDisasters20100204111500http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CB_HAITI_AMERICANS_DETAINED?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTCALLEBAS, Haiti (AP) -- Parents unable to feed or clothe their children after an earthquake devastated their Haitian village handed the youngsters over to a group of American missionaries who promised to give them a better life....Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:10:00 +0100APenAP-570acc9fa4dca429120aacb9170f0992NaturalDisasters20100204091000http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/us/04diaspora.html?partner=rss&emc=rssEducated Haitians in other lands have long tried to play a more vital role in Haiti’s development, with little success. The earthquake changed that.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:57:00 +0100IHTenIHT-e99177ee436218226784f1f357453df2NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100204055700http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/arts/article01//indexn2_html?pdate=040210&ptitle=The%20Grammy...Femi%20Kuti%20bows%20for%20Beyonce,%20TaylorThursday, February 04, 2010 The Grammy...Femi Kuti bows for Beyonce, Taylor By Chuks Nwanne N IGERIA'S Afrobeat crooner, Femi Anikulpo Kuti's name was conspicuously missing out on the winners' list of the 52nd yearly Grammy Awards ceremony held last weekend at the Staples Center Los Angeles, United States of America.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:27:00 +0100ngrguardiannewsenngrguardiannews-be13373a883283bf9188f3999be4f1bcNaturalDisasters34.0222 -118.24420100204052700http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/20100204093406/Article/index_html2010/02/04 PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haitian prosecutors will decide today whether to charge 10 US Christians, detained since they attempted to sneak a group of children out of the quake-hit country. “I’ve carried out the preliminary investigations and have sent the case to the prosecution service,” judge Isai Pierre-Louise told AFP yesterday.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:37:00 +0100nstennst-ea84738a83a6f6afa426963d874f5860NaturalDisasters20100204033700http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/2/4/worldupdates/2010-02-04T065525Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-458868-2&sec=WorldupdatesUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations on Wednesday assigned former U.S. President Bill Clinton, now U.N. special envoy to Haiti, to coordinate international relief efforts in the earthquake-devastated country.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:21:00 +0100thestarenthestar-52cc4270943c4933da2fb89dcf6f63baNaturalDisastersUNSecretaryGeneral18.54299 -72.34310220100204032100http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/us/04diaspora.htmlEducated Haitians in other lands have long tried to play a more vital role in Haiti’s development, with little success. The earthquake changed that.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:13:00 +0100nytimesennytimes-e99177ee436218226784f1f357453df2NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100204031300http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/us/04airlift.html?partner=rss&emc=rssThese were the first evacuees to arrive in the United States after the government decided to reimburse hospitals for treating patients injured in the earthquake.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:56:00 +0100IHTenIHT-342ab067928e4fc94e0712d7e4c92fefNaturalDisasters33.7957 -84.349220100204025600http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/us/04airlift.htmlThese were the first evacuees to arrive in the United States after the government decided to reimburse hospitals for treating patients injured in the earthquake.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:40:00 +0100nytimesennytimes-342ab067928e4fc94e0712d7e4c92fefNaturalDisasters33.7957 -84.349220100204024000http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307422,clinton-haiti-children-incident-unfortunate--summary.htmlPort-au-Prince, Haiti - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Wednesday said the United States was providing consular support to the 10 Americans accused of trying to smuggle 33 allegedly orphaned children out of Haiti. She said it was unfortuna...Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:15:00 +0100earthtimesenearthtimes-2ba2bd7a8b55ac945e1f2472304d47ebNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100204011500http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/SVAN-82BM2D?OpenDocument&RSS20=18-PPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—When a food ration is placed in the open hands of an earthquake survivor in Haiti, the aid has reached the end of a journey that most likely began inside a cluttered United Nations office near Port-au-Prince airport's only runway.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:51:00 +0100reliefWebenreliefWeb-2df57d23af00c87645cdf72733851c3eEnergyPeaceKeepingEchoNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100203235100http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/esb-OiDKIAg/index.htmlThe United States has committed an additional million dollars to fight child trafficking in Haiti in the wake of last month's earthquake, U.S. officials said Wednesday.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:40:00 +0100cnnencnn-43fb2f4b554d4ee8ed29f7544acf5f27NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100203234000http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50210UNITED NATIONS, Feb 3 (IPS) - Women's rights and development activists working in Haiti say that greater attention must be paid to the immediate needs of women and girls, as well their role in the long-term reconstruction of the devastated country.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:38:00 +0100ipsnewsenipsnews-dd050fb973b9f0d003099498c0e5e02bEuropeAidCommunicableDiseasesEchoNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100203233800http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=17643410PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti A Haitian woman sits on a tire with her three children sharing a 20-ounce bottle of water with them. They do not appear to be waiting for anyone. They are just - there. The return to normalcy is a daily struggle everywhere in the capital city.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:05:00 +0100virginislandsdailynewsenvirginislandsdailynews-7dd72804dc344e6f7558fd086becf796NaturalDisasters20100203230500http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/us/04diaspora.html?hp&ex=&ei=&partner=MIAMI — Since leaving Haiti in 1974 and becoming a successful engineer here, Fritz Armand has often felt that his skills were unwelcome in his native country. His efforts to build a desalination facility and a portable power plant in Haiti failed in part, he says, because of antipathy toward expatriates.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:04:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-9169845dd7549b5654b5939a7493eafaNaturalDisastersCitizenship18.54299 -72.34310220100203220400http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/219816/126522843593.htmPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti � Direct Relief International today announced that it is committing $1.2 million�approximately one-third of the cash support it has received for recovery efforts in Haiti�to support the establishment of prosthetics and orthotics services and the provision of needed assistive....Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:43:00 +0100alertnetenalertnet-53eca485cd43dcb668efc1aa5e4762edNaturalDisastersEcho18.54299 -72.34310220100203214300http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/crowe-horwath-llp-and-its,1150011.shtmlOAK BROOK, Ill., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- A Crowe Horwath LLP personnel-driven fund-raising effort and firm matching program has collected $109,285 for earthquake relief efforts inWed, 03 Feb 2010 20:38:00 +0100earthtimesenearthtimes-a648f180e12c7a91262390260a9a21f2CommunicableDiseaseEndemicsNaturalDisastersUNbodiesEcho18.54299 -72.34310220100203203800http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/american-red-cross-and-other,1149914.shtmlWASHINGTON, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As medical teams in Haiti continue to evaluate and treat the victims of the devastating earthquake, the American Red Cross is coordinating shipments of b...Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:28:00 +0100earthtimesenearthtimes-7db032c5008f4020f882bbbc622672b4NaturalDisastersEcho18.54299 -72.34310220100203192800http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/219816/126522063262.htmSANTA BARBARA, CA - In response to the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, Deerfield, Illinois-based Baxter International Inc. donated medical products valued at $1.7 million to Direct Relief International for immediate use by hospitals and clinics caring for people injured in the quake.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:17:00 +0100alertnetenalertnet-74d2f67fddc21fe688627e31a5eb3826NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100203191700http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/us/04diaspora.html?partner=rss&emc=rssFor years, educated émigrés have tried hard to play a more vital role in Haiti’s development, with little success. The earthquake has changed that.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:59:00 +0100IHTenIHT-9169845dd7549b5654b5939a7493eafaNaturalDisastersCitizenship18.54299 -72.34310220100203185900http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307387,haiti-opposition-urges-state-of-emergency-declaration.htmlPort-au-Prince, Haiti - Opposition senators in Haiti have called for the government to issue a state of emergency declaration that would give it extra powers to deal with the tragic aftermath of the January earthquake. In their first meeting since th...Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:57:00 +0100earthtimesenearthtimes-f73ee9cbe7bfd2ec2a55ed31d1b2e76cPoliticalUnrestNaturalDisastersTREN-Security18.54299 -72.34310220100203185700http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/us/04diaspora.htmlFor years, educated émigrés have tried hard to play a more vital role in Haiti’s development, with little success. The earthquake has changed that.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:55:00 +0100nytimesennytimes-9169845dd7549b5654b5939a7493eafaNaturalDisastersCitizenship18.54299 -72.34310220100203185500http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/219487/126521807015.htmSource: Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) International (1 minute ago)Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:33:00 +0100alertnetenalertnet-01e75e98bb97531f3225656ee7ec90aaEnergyPeaceKeepingEchoNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100203183300http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/rbc-life-sciences-and-mpm,1149429.shtmlIRVING, Texas, Feb. 3 -- RBC Life Sciences (OTC Bulletin Board: RBCL), a provider of proprietary nutritional supplements, wound care and pain management products, has donated 100,000 sterile dress...Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:02:00 +0100earthtimesenearthtimes-a96ca7c8feb019abb924cdba10719283NaturalDisasters32.857685 -96.96933820100203160200http://article.wn.com/view/2010/02/02/State_doctor_admires_will_of_Haiti_people_to_survive_disaste/Updated | Comment | Recommend | | | By Steve Sternberg, USA neurologist Mill Etienne measures the skull of an 11-month-old baby whose head With uncounted thousands dead and many thousands more injured, the stricken city of Port-au-Prince is in a vast medical crisis.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:08:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-1e33cd23acbd2c58a654f6d5eacf36aeNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100203130800http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/03/gunmen-thwarted-in-bid-to-hijack-haiti-food-aid/PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti | Twenty armed men blocked a road and tried to hijack a convoy of food for earthquake victims, but were driven off by police gunfire, U.N. officials said Tuesday as they warned of security problems in a still-desperate nation. The attack on the convoy as it carried supplies....Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:36:00 +0100washtimesenwashtimes-6e8d464e064bdfcfd1db1d82bda31bdaTREN-SecurityFoodSecurityFoodAidEchoHorizontalMattersNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100203113600http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/02/americans-held-in-haiti-could-face-trial-in-us/PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti | Haitian and U.S. officials are considering a trial in the United States for 10 Americans who were arrested while trying to bus children out of Haiti without documents or permission. The aborted Baptist "rescue mission" has become a major distraction for a crippled government....Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:07:00 +0100washtimesenwashtimes-3612f229c8fa2d1852ff3dddf03da4c2NaturalDisasters38.9051 -77.016220100203110700http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20100202/wl_mcclatchy/3416418McClatchy Newspapers - MIAMI The chance of another big earthquake in Haiti in the near future is great enough that people in Port-au-Prince should sleep in tents not even in buildings that survived the Jan. 12 quake apparently unscathed, geologists said Monday.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:59:00 +0100news-yahooennews-yahoo-8700d235c50e0008b40efabcb58d24f3NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100203105900http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/Haitians_face_shelter_crisis.html?cid=8222588&rss=trueMore than three weeks after the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti, the government and aid agencies are ramping up relief operations as needs become clearer.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:56:00 +0100swissinfoenswissinfo-ab621eee7510af6146aa231930bf4655NaturalDisastersEcho18.54299 -72.34310220100203085600http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-02-02-haiti-future_N.htmMills acknowledges that "a historic concern about corruption in Haiti" is one reason so little aid has been routed through the Haitian government. "We'll need to be smart about how we invest … and ensure that appropriate accountability mechanisms are employed," she says, "but we must also be willing to allow the development of Haitian capacity.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:41:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-0214af6d50c1d90d66cb32eb4b3a3541AgriculturalProdCropsFeedFibreNaturalDisasters20100203074100http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2010/02/mil-100202-unnews04.htmBeyond food, hundreds of thousands of Haitian earthquake victims displaced from their homes in Port-au-Prince, Léogâne and Jacmel urgently need shelter, with plastic sheeting taking priority over tents, the United Nations reported today in its latest update three weeks after the catastrophe struck the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:34:00 +0100globalsecurityenglobalsecurity-ce8c1245ace3d57d5e7a77d446db59b8PublicHealthCommunicableDiseaseOutbreaksCommunicableDiseasesUNbodiesMARS-STATNaturalDisasters20100203073400http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2010/02/mil-100201-nns02.htm; Carrier Rendered Critical First Response Navy NewsStand Story Number: NNS100201-10 Release Date: 2/1/2010 2:51:00 PM From U.S. 4th Fleet Public Affairs USS CARL VINSON, At Sea (NNS) -- The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) departed the waters near Port-au-Prince, Haiti Feb.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:34:00 +0100globalsecurityenglobalsecurity-21207c39e80e09fec31baee4e2fdfc83NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100203073400http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-02-02-haiti-future_N.htm?csp=34&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20usatoday-NewsTopStories%20%28News%20-%20Top%20Stories%29During the 1990s, the U.S. government spent $100 million trying to improve Haiti's police and justice systems, and had little ...Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:38:00 +0100usaTodayenusaToday-d330980b4ed77c1167d9022465094e36AgriculturalProdCropsFeedFibreNaturalDisasters20100203053800http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=22854This AfricaFocus Bulletin contains an appeal from the new "Africa for Haiti" coalition, excerpts from Dr. Farmer’s testimony to the U.S. Senate, and a commentary by Monika Kalra Varma and Kerry Kennedy, of the RFK Center for Human Rights. WMWed, 03 Feb 2010 05:33:00 +0100africafilesenafricafiles-c4c441cf0369290e29f5212318aa4370PublicHealthEconomicForecastingEUEnvironmentNaturalDisastersEnterpriseEurope2SocietyAgriculture18.54299 -72.34310220100203053300http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/j3rCaGcsSJk/index.htmlLelly Laurentus thought he was doing the right thing when he handed his two young children over to an American woman who promised to take them to a better place.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:45:00 +0100cnnencnn-a2fe7a8cb69337ee82e86c796e608814NaturalDisasters20100203034500http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n208866Washington. Two U.S. senators proposed trade legislation on Tuesday to help Haiti's clothing industry, the country's main export sector, recover rapidly from last month's devastating magnitude 7 earthquake, Reuters reported. "Haiti's long-term survival depends on immediate steps being taken to....Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:48:00 +0100focusnews-enenfocusnews-en-b7a05f392682b86a506a12b5a1568986NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100203024800http://arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=132318&d=3&m=2&y=2010&pix=world.jpg&category=WorldPORT-AU-PRINCE: Twenty armed men blocked a road and tried to hijack a convoy of food for earthquake victims, but were driven off by police gunfire, UN officials said Tuesday. The attack on the convoy as it carried supplies from an airport in the southern town of Jeremie underscored what the United....Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:38:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-39ff950a6bee7bc4ed9f4895def6b2b8TREN-SecurityEchoNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100203023800http://article.wn.com/view/2010/02/02/Haitian_adoptions_too_hard_now_agency/| Now is not the time to start trying to adopt a child from earthquake-ravaged Haiti, says an Alberta adoption agency, because the country is in chaos. | Christian Adoption Services, one of five priva... (photo: US Navy / Interior Communications Electrician 1st Class Jason Richard Stephens)Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:38:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-68e5295c1a504adfa5729882679e7917NaturalDisastersUNbodies20100203023800http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100203/jsp/opinion/story_12057236.jspStanding on the rubble of the United Nations headquarters building in Port-au-Prince 10 days ago, Shashi Tharoor removed a four-year-old stain on Indian diplomacy. The first Indian minister to ever set foot in Haiti, he told its president, René Garcia Préval, that New Delhi had not merely pledged....Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:38:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-c69a037f4c73c162ac9da64a6c7742d2PeaceKeepingEuropeAidUNSecretaryGeneralEchoNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100203023800http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/02/AR2010020203004.html?nav=rss_opinionsTHE MASSIVE international response to Haiti's earthquake has brought more than $2 billion in aid to the stricken Caribbean nation, by the United Nations' reckoning. That's a stunning figure, but it comes with a giant asterisk: So far, the vast majority of the aid, more than 85 percent, has been....Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:52:00 +0100WashingtonPostenWashingtonPost-19a229f60a0c6bc3658fe80048a150ebNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100203015200http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6851272.htmlPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti A Haitian attorney says 10 Americans detained in Haiti for trying to take 33 children out of the country after the Jan. 12 earthquake have been charged with child kidnapping. Edwin Coq says the Americans also are charged with criminal association.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:21:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-4c302ca1b5439351dc430ad5584592d9NaturalDisasters20100204212100http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/VVOS-82ATVB?OpenDocument&RSS20=18-PThe United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is "cautiously optimistic" about a newly launched scheme that could provide rice to some 2 million Haitians over the next two weeks, and promises to cut down on the recent chaotic scrambles around food trucks as men, women and children pushed to obtain supplies.Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:21:00 +0100reliefWebenreliefWeb-dc77e446dfce36a647b247c3fe96e1f3PeaceKeepingNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100203012100http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/family-services-of-metro-orlando,1148382.shtmlAgencies work together to help Haitian arrivals go from crisis to normal ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Family Services of Metro Orlando convened a meeting of Central ...Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:17:00 +0100earthtimesenearthtimes-8440d9a21da50bbf5d44b93dab12915dNaturalDisasters28.60029 -81.36269420100203011700http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N02119475.htm03 Feb 2010 00:02:59 GMT Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Two U.S. senators proposed trade legislation on Tuesday to help Haiti's clothing industry, the country's main export sector, recover rapidly from last month's devastating ...Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:07:00 +0100alertnetenalertnet-847175e5c1b3810e25651e61bd419020NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100203010700http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/HaitiEarthquake/haitian-judge-rule-child-trafficking-charges-americans/story?id=9724145A Haitian judge is expected to rule today whether there is sufficient evidence to try the 10 jailed American missionaries for child trafficking. Haiti - United States - Caribbean - Dominican Republic - Port-au-PrinceWed, 03 Feb 2010 00:47:00 +0100ABCnewsenABCnews-6ce10dbdf21cd42d7a85940a9d417890NaturalDisastersUNbodies18.4893 -69.899338.9051 -77.016220100203004700http://www.misna.org/news.asp?a=1&IDLingua=1&id=265462HAITI The minister of education, Joel Jean Pierre, says that there may be as many as 1.5 million children affected by the closTue, 02 Feb 2010 23:48:00 +0100Misna-englishenMisna-english-784d2cfd4e44966226cee073dfad5af4NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100202234800http://www.startribune.com/world/83341772.htmlPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Twenty armed men blocked a road and tried to hijack a convoy of food for earthquake victims, but were driven off by police gunfire, U.N. officials said Tuesday as they warned of security problems in a still-desperate nation. The attack on the convoy as it carried supplies....Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:34:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-d266df99fe61d4eab66a58dcc92e0164TREN-SecurityEchoNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100202223400http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/haiti-food-convoy-attackedTwenty armed men blocked a road and tried to hijack a convoy of food for earthquake victims, but were driven off by police gunfire, U.N.…Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:57:00 +0100japantodayenjapantoday-be6bb461399ddc7aefac5ba56b8e65e7TREN-SecurityEchoNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100202235700http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2010/02/mil-100201-nns02.htmThe Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) departed the waters near Port-au-Prince, Haiti Feb. 1 after rendering humanitarian assistance to the victims of a massive 7.0 earthquake that struck the Caribbean nation Jan. 12.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:25:00 +0100globalsecurityenglobalsecurity-f82c030e11d90e76760bfa51d7fbac6bNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100202222500http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100202/APA/1002021682Authorities accuse Douglas Perlitz of enticing children at the Project Pierre Toussaint school in Cap-Haitien into sex acts by promising them food, shelter, cash, cell phones, electronics and shoes. They say he also withheld benefits and threatened to expel the boys if they refused his wishes.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:04:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-a34e5b9289f96e95de35ebd9509e1652NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100202220400http://www.syracuse.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/national-34/1265132568116500.xml&storylist=police(AP) — NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A Colorado man charged with sexually abusing boys at a school he founded for street children in Haiti pleaded not guilty Tuesday to new charges that raise the number of alleged victims to 18. Authorities accuse Douglas Perlitz of enticing children at the Project Pierre....Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:04:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-6bb8de6fd6c3eda9ccab06402baabbd5NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100202220400http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/nation/20100202_ap_pleaforcolomanaccusedofhaitischoolabuse.htmlNEW HAVEN, Conn. - A Colorado man charged with sexually abusing boys at a school he founded for street children in Haiti pleaded not guilty Tuesday to new charges that raise the number of alleged victims to 18. Authorities accuse Douglas Perlitz of enticing children at the Project Pierre Toussaint....Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:04:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-b03a3198c87c1fe57b7d2066e75ed821NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100202220400http://www.smh.com.au/world/armed-men-try-to-hijack-haiti-food-convoy-un-20100203-nbev.htmlArmed men attempted to hijack a UN food convoy at a road near Haiti's Jeremie airport, the UN said on Tuesday, assessing that the situation in the quake-hit country is "stable but potentially volatile".Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:18:00 +0100smhensmh-5057aa3121a4296fa7b3204d14ac93fcPeaceKeepingNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100202221800http://www.news24.com/Content/World/Haiti_Quake/3974/035694ac7efc41229a4731cd590c0142/02-02-2010-09-39/Haiti_government_criticisedAt a gravel pit where countless earthquake victims have been dumped, mourners turned a remembrance ceremony into one of the first political rallies since the disaster.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:38:00 +0100news24ennews24-3e88e81a60b488dc9c7a16fa38429825NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100202213800http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/oLTsmneG4g4/index.htmlTen Americans accused of illegally trying to take 33 children out of Haiti appeared in a preliminary hearing with a judge on Tuesday, court officials said.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:18:00 +0100cnnencnn-c7638655c6b015efe046ec242b5b2a6eNaturalDisasters20100202211800http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/02/world/main6165428.shtml20 Men Trying to Hijack Convoy of Food for Earthquake Victims Driven Off by Police; U.N. Warns of VolatilityTue, 02 Feb 2010 21:12:00 +0100CBSnewsenCBSnews-c819907c59f7f20432f33ba39103e0e1TREN-SecurityEchoNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100202211200http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/armed-men-try-to-hijack-haiti-food-aid-20100203-nbeb.htmlArmed men attempted to hijack a UN food convoy at a road near Haiti's Jeremie airport, the UN said.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:03:00 +0100smhensmh-02eee01c836435c21181f4fe6b1dd9b3PeaceKeepingHorizontalMattersNaturalDisastersFoodSecurityFoodAidEcho18.54299 -72.34310220100202200300http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35202742/ns/world_news-haiti_earthquake/Twenty armed men blocked a road and tried to hijack a convoy of food for earthquake victims, but were driven off by police gunfire, U.N. officials said Tuesday.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:57:00 +0100msnbcenmsnbc-6ec8decad226f897d3cfd46a5cf72b4bNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100202205700http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/hijack-attempt-on-haiti-food-convoy/story-e6frfku0-1225826168145ARMED men attempted to hijack a UN food convoy at a road near Haiti's Jeremie airport, the UN said today, assessing that the situation in the quake-hit country is "stable but potentially volatile".Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:50:00 +0100NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-63e88ade879c1f3a9558cf591cd3fe9bPeaceKeepingNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100202195000http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/armed-men-attack-food-convoy-for-quake-victims-in-haiti/article1453318/T wenty armed men blocked a road and tried to hijack a convoy of food for earthquake victims, but were driven off by police gunfire, UN officials said Tuesday. The attack on the convoy as it carried supplies from an airport in the southern town of Jeremie underscored what the United Nations calls a....Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:24:00 +0100theglobeandmailentheglobeandmail-c869ee217f21301524da0e902072eeeaTREN-SecurityEchoNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100202182400http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35199895/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/A Colo. man charged with sexually abusing boys at a school he founded for street children in Haiti pleaded not guilty to new charges that raise the number of alleged victims to 18.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:26:00 +0100msnbcenmsnbc-c397dd85064eef5e1f9ec5030658d095NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100202182600http://www.rfi.fr/actuen/articles/122/article_6743.aspSome of the 33 infants and children labeled as "orphans" are now being reunited with their parents, a US-based aid group said Tuesday. A separate American Christian group had tried to take from quake-damaged Haiti last weekend.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:11:00 +0100radiofranceinternationale-enenradiofranceinternationale-en-be8680e5b2c5ea80d2f928d6fba1a49bNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100202181100http://www.newschannel5.com/global/story.asp?s=11917693A Colorado man charged with sexually abusing boys at a school he founded for street children in Haiti pleaded not guilty Tuesday to new charges that raise the number of alleged victims to 18.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:24:00 +0100newschannel5ennewschannel5-7dbca3d1c6dec3e93173a869e5939af6NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100202182400http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CB_HAITI_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Twenty armed men blocked a road and tried to hijack a convoy of food for earthquake victims, but were driven off by police gunfire, U.N. officials said Tuesday....Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:37:00 +0100APenAP-bebe37c482ca031f9cfa82a18c9af96eTREN-SecurityEchoNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100202173700http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=13&articleid=20100202_13_A3_Womenc244593PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti Haiti's prime minister said Monday that 10 Americans who tried to take a busload of undocumented Haitian children out of the country knew that "what they were doing was wrong" and that they could be prosecuted in the United States. Prime Minister Max Bellerive said that his country is open to having the Americans face U.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:01:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-03c689eac6380d00cded533fbbd9648cNaturalDisasters38.9051 -77.016220100202170100http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/new-york-life-raises-matching,1147527.shtmlNEW YORK - New York Life Insurance Company announced today it will increase its donation to Haiti earthquake relief efforts by raising the company match amount to $300,000. The company’s promise to match all agent and employee donations is now double its earlier amount of $150,000 forTue, 02 Feb 2010 17:39:00 +0100earthtimesenearthtimes-2fc62f6b2a25c50ac888a74feb305e1aNaturalDisastersUNbodiesEcho18.54299 -72.34310220100202173900http://news.myjoyonline.com/international/201002/41467.aspLely Laurentus thought he was doing the right thing when he handed his two young children over to an American woman who promised to take them to a better place. Laura Silsby, a member of Idaho-based New Life Children's Refuge, had given him a flyer from her charity saying that it wanted to help....Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:01:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-5cf930db447d364e4c49219d9861f7c4NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100202170100http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CB_HAITI_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Haiti's security situation is potentially volatile, the United Nations warned Tuesday, after an armed group of men attacked a food convoy....Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:37:00 +0100APenAP-7997b4f8bbba39328a606d9a92b8fd2dTREN-SecurityEchoNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100202163700http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~3/V3-PKQhWx9M/index.htmlHaiti earthquake survivor Lely Laurentus thought he was doing the right thing when he handed his two young children over to an American woman who promised to take them to a better place.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:54:00 +0100cnnencnn-3875bd07b8ef5fefd94b124dce585a64NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100202165400http://news.caribseek.com/Barbados/Daily_Nation/article_84384.shtmlBRIDGETOWN - After a week's delay, Barbados' first shipment of aid to Haiti will set sail from the Bridgetown Port this Sunday.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:38:00 +0100caribseekencaribseek-b4cc8ce1946e16e0ddbfc444e8474817NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310213.0935 -59.610520100202133800http://news.myjoyonline.com/international/201002/41467.aspLely Laurentus thought he was doing the right thing when he handed his two young children over to an American woman who promised to take them to a better place.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:27:00 +0100myjoyonlineenmyjoyonline-5cf930db447d364e4c49219d9861f7c4NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100202132700http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/02/world/main6165348.shtmlAs Security Situation Remains Tenuous Following Quake, Many Issue Call for New LeadershipTue, 02 Feb 2010 13:20:00 +0100CBSnewsenCBSnews-77d6b4e923996c3f8cd5ea0f4f2f1603TREN-SecurityNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100202132000http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123209802&ft=1&f=1014Several high profile celebrities have offered their voices and their dollars following the devastating earthquake in Haiti. But there are countless others ordinary folks who have stepped up, donating their time and innovative ideas to raise money and awareness.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:27:00 +0100NPRnewsenNPRnews-ed2cafc6b03512b3e7eba55c5cd0b660NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100202152700http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=9723126Hundreds gathered Monday at a gravel pit where countless earthquake victims have been dumped, turning a remembrance ceremony for the dead into one of the first organized political rallies since the disaster, with followers denouncing President Rene Preval.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:08:00 +0100ABCnewsenABCnews-c5b11a6bf86443dc4ba7cdc50c3dc27fNaturalDisasters20100202120800http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/02/americans-held-in-haiti-could-face-trial-in-us/PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti | Haitian and U.S. officials are considering a trial in the United States for 10 Americans who were arrested while trying to bus children out of Haiti without documents or permission. The aborted Baptist "rescue mission" has become a major distraction for a crippled government....Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:04:00 +0100washtimesenwashtimes-356cd8929b1e854fbf045d714d420027NaturalDisasters38.9051 -77.016220100202120400http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/02/2807308.htmUS President Barack Obama and his family will visit Australia in late March, the White House has confirmed. Mr Obama, who has referred to himself as "America's first Pacific president" because of his birth in Hawaii and his years in Indonesia, will also visit Indonesia during the trip, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:41:00 +0100abc-auenabc-au-e3c89cedfc7460a0c37b662179a2f504AlternativeEnergyNaturalDisastersClimateChange-35.3499 149.042-6.18287 106.82920100202114100http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_14314948TITANYEN, HaitiThe mourning is far from over, but the politicking has resumed. Hundreds gathered Monday at a gravel pit where countless earthquake victims have been dumped, turning a remembrance ceremony for the dead into one of the first organized political rallies since the disaster, with followers denouncing President Rene Preval.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:27:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-175fe48f7fb7d866acc0238f3bbdcea5NaturalDisasters20100202112700http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/latinamerica/6846576.htmlTITANYEN, Haiti The mourning is far from over, but the politicking has resumed. Hundreds gathered Monday at a gravel pit where countless earthquake victims have been dumped, turning a remembrance ceremony for the dead into one of the first organized political rallies since the disaster, with followers denouncing President Rene Preval.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:27:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-dbd3b53e25e24e9d9e5de96e4c1b3626NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100202112700http://article.wn.com/view/2010/02/01/US_to_resume_Haiti_medevac_flights_h/| PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Sunday it would resume military evacuation flights to the United States for badly injured Haitian earthquake vict... (photo: AP / Andres Leighton)Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:27:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-ce2d4722b22433214cfa24fd44f6553eNaturalDisasters38.9051 -77.016220100202112700http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1247454/Ten-American-Christians-arrested-Haiti-trying-33-orphans-country.html?ITO=1490'It is clear now that they were trying to cross the border without papers. It is clear now that some of the children have live parents,' Haitian Prime Minister Max Bellerive said.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:51:00 +0100dailymailendailymail-7c47460dafcbbfdda17509116a470f53NaturalDisasters20100202105100http://www.nationnews.com/news/local/LEADHaiti-Warehouse-update-copy-for-webAFTER a week's delay, Barbados' first shipment of aid to Haiti will set sail from the Bridgetown Port this Sunday. The first 40-foot container reached the Bridgetown Port last Friday and was originally scheduled to leave the island on Sunday but this would have breached an agreement where United....Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:28:00 +0100nationnewsennationnews-1ad3554c284e1ee0ab9a9390307c9523NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310213.0935 -59.610520100202102800http://www.stabroeknews.com/2010/world/02/02/haiti-questions-americans-over-child-%e2%80%98kidnapping%e2%80%99/PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haitian authorities questioned a group of 10 American missionaries yesterday who are accused of illegally trying to take children out of the ...Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:13:00 +0100stabroeknewsenstabroeknews-1a56b9903d16879fb0de8920ed8c6687PeaceKeepingNaturalDisasters20100202101300http://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/fate-of-us-missionaries-to-be-decided-by-haiti-judge-2043571.htmlHAITIAN authorities yesterday questioned a group of 10 US missionaries accused of illegally trying to take children out of the quake-shattered Caribbean country.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:54:00 +0100irish-independentenirish-independent-d7c744e1e64cf64f88698cb847558979NaturalDisasters20100202085400http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CB_HAITI_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTTITANYEN, Haiti (AP) -- The mourning is far from over, but the politicking has resumed....Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:28:00 +0100APenAP-16ad65023a98346adb4efae303bb633eNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100202082800http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0202/breaking5.htmHaitian authorities have questioned a group of 10 American missionaries who are accused of illegally trying to take children out of the quake-shattered Caribbean country.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:13:00 +0100irishtimesenirishtimes-5d8f32bd5675c301c7cb97a777eaf202PeaceKeepingNaturalDisasters20100202081300http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE60T0H220100202?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20Reuters/UKWorldNews%20%28News%20/%20UK%20/%20World%20News%29PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitian authorities questioned a group of 10 American missionaries on Monday who are accused of illegally trying to take children out of the quake-shattered Caribbean country.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:35:00 +0100reutersenreuters-f33f736777c856712ae19b0a1fdd6c4cNaturalDisasters20100202073500http://www.bulatlat.com/main/2010/02/02/to-heal-haiti-look-to-history-not-nature/By MARK DANNER CommonDreams.org International Posted by Bulatlat.com Haiti is everybody’s cherished tragedy. Long before the great earthquake struck the country like a vengeful god, the outside world, and Americans especially, described, defined, marked Haiti most of all by its suffering.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:26:00 +0100bulatlatenbulatlat-3be6bbd6e92780c71b253bc22f8639f5MaritimeSafetyEuropeAgriculturalProdOliveHortAgriculturalProdCropsFeedFibreNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100202072600http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/oLTsmneG4g4/index.htmlLely Laurentus thought he was doing the right thing when he handed his two young children over to an American woman who promised to take them to a better place.Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:23:00 +0100cnnencnn-de24ffd5647fcb7edb1178f502670383NaturalDisasters20100202072300http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N04104206.htm04 Feb 2010 20:44:36 GMT Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - A strong 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck offshore Northern California on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey reported. The quake struck at a depth of seven ...Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:53:00 +0100alertnetenalertnet-807c0e31c96cf5b95bc2e00572a61290NaturalDisasters39.359444 -120.79805620100204215300http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6135PZ20100204?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20reuters/topNews%20%28News%20/%20US%20/%20Top%20News%29SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A strong 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck offshore Northern California on Thursday, but there were no injuries or damage to buildings reported.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:00:00 +0100reutersenreuters-111d0f2e50c7de018ca5ea031f727bdfNaturalDisastersPetroleumRefineries37.7483 -122.41320100204230000http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N04105674.htm(Recasts, adds comment, background; changes dateline; previous WASHINGTON) SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 4 (Reuters) - A strong 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck offshore Northern California on Thursday, but there were no injuries or damage to buildings reported. The quake struck at a depth of seven miles (11.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:54:00 +0100alertnetenalertnet-4d509a5f1b234a99606143ff30c5a193NaturalDisastersPetroleumRefineries37.7483 -122.41320100204225400http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=36009&tx_ttnews%5bbackPid%5d=228&cHash=644a4282cdAfter a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, the aftershock reached China in ways that few observers could have anticipated. After all, the link between the world’s most powerful rising economy and one... Category: China Brief, Home Page, Featured, China and the....Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:28:00 +0100jamestownenjamestown-0168c5f5a5e7b6d9933747e295ede911PublicHealthPeaceKeepingSecurityCouncilNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters35.2086 110.72720100204222800http://www.sptimes.ru/story/30757Haitian police have detained 10 Baptists from the United States who had planned to evacuate 33 orphans to a shelter in the Dominican Republic.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:34:00 +0100sptimesrussiensptimesrussi-3e08f3d81dd6a80d6f0844d4ef55d9e5NaturalDisasters18.4893 -69.899338.9051 -77.016220100204233400http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/220270/126532091093.htmINTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE PRESS RELEASE CONTACT: Melissa Winkler, melissa.winkler@theIRC.org, 212-551-0972, 646-734-0305 Lucy Carrigan, lucy.carrigan@theIRC.org, 212-551-0969, 917-859-3086 IRC Backs Critical Legislation to Address Global Violence Against Women and Girls; Calls on US Congress to Quickly Pass It Washington, DC.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:33:00 +0100alertnetenalertnet-75be7312511f49e07a4f9f9aef47476cEchoNaturalDisasters20100204233300http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/2/5/worldupdates/2010-02-05T035419Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-459226-2&sec=WorldupdatesSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A strong 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck offshore Northern California on Thursday, but there were no injuries or damage to buildings reported.Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:53:00 +0100thestarenthestar-198fd136df52b8b1ccc9b799e049828cNaturalDisastersPetroleumRefineries37.7483 -122.41320100204235300http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CB_HAITI_AMERICANS_DETAINED?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Ten U.S. Baptist missionaries were charged with kidnapping Thursday for trying to take 33 children out of Haiti to a hastily arranged refuge just as officials were trying to protect children from predators in the chaos of a great earthquake....Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:19:00 +0100APenAP-f9b1d7220d8e142157535102b9a59e32NaturalDisastersUNbodies18.54299 -72.34310220100205011900http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/0NUYCMZjtis/index.htmlJust two days before the earthquake struck Haiti, 2007 CNN Hero Boby Duval was celebrating the completion of a wall he'd built to surround -- and secure -- his youth program's athletic center in Port-au-Prince.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:34:00 +0100cnnencnn-0b7e225173de5142fb25772c1d26811cNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100205013400http://abcnews.go.com/WN/american-missionaries-charged/story?id=9749870The ten American missionaries who were jailed after trying to take some Haitian children back to the United States without proper documentation have been charged with abduction of children and conspiracy.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:45:00 +0100ABCnewsenABCnews-ddf640e46bab613779659dd91d57c2d1NaturalDisasters38.9051 -77.016220100205024500http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/02/05/10-americans-charged-haiti-with-kidnapping.htmlThe Associated Press , Port-au-Prince | Fri, 02/05/2010 10:20 AM | World Ten U.S. Baptist missionaries were charged with kidnapping Thursday for trying to take 33 children out of Haiti to a hastily arranged refuge just as officials were trying to protect children from predators in the chaos of a great earthquake.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:28:00 +0100JakartaPostenJakartaPost-ca8efa45d3b34e9d052c912241c6e8b3NaturalDisastersUNbodies18.54299 -72.34310220100205042800http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/World/Story/A1Story20100205-196761.htmlOfficials do not expect to receive reports of damaged structures or injuries. -ReutersFri, 05 Feb 2010 06:22:00 +0100AsiaOneenAsiaOne-bc1638ab90c419358f982fe0db6a5738NaturalDisastersPetroleumRefineries20100205062200http://www.thedailystar.net/latest/updates.php?pid=60Ten US Baptist missionaries were charged with kidnapping Thursday for trying to take 33 children out of Haiti to a hastily arranged refuge just as officials were trying to protect children from predators in the chaos of a great earthquake.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:08:00 +0100thedailystarBDenthedailystarBD-dfee9edce72233e360cb740ee8c76c66NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100205060800http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/1035556/1/.htmlBEIJING : Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi is suspected of delaying the release of donation funds she had garnered for victims of the 2008 Szechuan earthquake during her fundraising activities at the Cannes Film Festival that same year.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:28:00 +0100channelnewsasiaenchannelnewsasia-affd1fb2917609efaaddfd03d50489d9NaturalDisastersEcho20100205092800http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1035559/1/.htmlPORT-AU-PRINCE: Ten US missionaries charged with child abduction and conspiracy faced Friday a long wait behind bars for trial over seeking to smuggle 33 children out of quake-hit Haiti.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:28:00 +0100channelnewsasiaenchannelnewsasia-4a2473a4663ad9b4cb5282f9b98757e5NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100205092800http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/haiti/story/1463951.htmlRivka Louissaint wonders if she would have been one of the dead. Dukens Gabriel feels helpless. Olivier Lauture can't forget seeing the mass graves being dug. On Thursday, a classroom at South Plantation High became a window for students all over the country to see how the earthquake in Haiti is affecting fellow teenagers.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:36:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-90b504e1dae74ca8d5120b7c49552194NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100205103600http://www.miamiherald.com/851/story/1463789.htmlI n the wake of the devastating earthquake there has been an outpouring of international support for Haiti. The first priority has been saving lives. That means getting water, food, shelter, medicines and other basic supplies to victims. But even as we stabilize the humanitarian response, we need to....Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:36:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-db7b0a94e7cd9161f05add8659d359c8EchoMARS-STATNaturalDisastersWTOAgriculture18.54299 -72.34310220100205103600http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/hand-in-hand-in-haiti/article1456786/I n the wake of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, there has been an outpouring of international support. The first priority has been saving lives. That means getting water, food, shelter, medicine and other basic supplies to victims. The first rush will have to be backed up by a logistics chain that will need to function for months.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:38:00 +0100theglobeandmailentheglobeandmail-a83cc4147f03cf074a3bcdb4018a6317EchoMARS-STATNaturalDisastersWTOAgriculture18.54299 -72.34310220100205113800http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/02/04/haiti-baptists-orphans.html?ref=rssTen U.S. Baptist missionaries were charged with kidnapping Thursday for trying to take 33 children out of Haiti to a hastily arranged refuge just as officials were trying to protect children from predators in the chaos following the earthquake.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:52:00 +0100CBCenCBC-7b182cc66cff78676390e8dbdc8b76c2NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100205125200http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7017733307A magnitude 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck northern California late Thursday, only a month after a stronger quake rocked the area. - (AHN)Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:31:00 +0100AHNenAHN-1d77e257eeb0298973f7d77d3ac0415fNaturalDisasters37.2525317690915 -119.60911084719120100205133100http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/ingram-micro-to-donate-100000-to-haiti-relief-efforts,1152989.shtmlSANTA ANA, Calif., Feb. 5 -- In response to the tragedy in Haiti, Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM), the world's largest technology distributor is donatingFri, 05 Feb 2010 15:02:00 +0100earthtimesenearthtimes-1602c52b3b33d94339a6f3047d0bddefNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100205150200http://www.gallup.com/poll/125657/Quake-Sets-Back-Government-Already-Weak-Haitians-Eyes.aspxWASHINGTON, D.C. -- Former President Bill Clinton, the United Nations' special envoy to Haiti, described Haiti's catastrophic earthquake as an opportunity to "reimagine the future for the Haitian people." Haiti is commonly regarded not only as the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere , but also....Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:39:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-b7fce3dbc69f782b289a234aa5fafc23NaturalDisasters20100205153900http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/city-university-of-seattle-launches,1153262.shtmlBELLEVUE, Wash. - City University of Seattle is mobilizing its eleven-country international network to launch a global fundraising program to raise money for Haiti earthquake relief through the American Red Cross. Members of the CityU of Seattle community in the United States, Canada,Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:04:00 +0100earthtimesenearthtimes-b0a85f831b96d0d09409e0813e8ca2f1NaturalDisastersEcho18.54299 -72.34310251.4879 -0.17799820100205180400http://www.scidev.net/en/news/scientists-suggest-tyres-and-straw-for-rebuilding-haiti.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_newsHaiti can use low-tech materials such as straw and rubber tyres to protect buildings from future earthquakes, say engineers.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:48:00 +0100scidevenscidev-7ae133070216ff23cdfd2e8f942a2401NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100205174800http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/wyndham-montreal-aeroport-offers-help,1153321.shtmlMONTREAL, QUEBEC -- 02/05/10 -- Editors Note: A photo for this release will be available via Marketwire on the picture wire of The Canadian Press. The Wyndham Montreal Aeroport is proud to provide "Help for Haiti" in more ways than one. Since th..Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:14:00 +0100earthtimesenearthtimes-50af3b6eee1171488ab8fecb49e6494eNaturalDisastersEcho45.541 -73.653520100205191400http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/06/world/americas/06haiti.htmlThe aircraft was on its way back from a Haitian recovery mission when it slammed into a mountain in the Dominican Republican, Haitian aviation authorities said on Friday.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:06:00 +0100nytimesennytimes-f7bb105e3b1635463fd1ba4f3ac0b40aNaturalDisastersUNbodies20100205190600http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/06/world/americas/06haiti.html?partner=rss&emc=rssThe aircraft was on its way back from a Haitian recovery mission when it slammed into a mountain in the Dominican Republican, Haitian aviation authorities said on Friday.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:04:00 +0100IHTenIHT-f7bb105e3b1635463fd1ba4f3ac0b40aNaturalDisastersUNbodies20100205190400http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=b90df03d6c586915dd82f97e326ab8deA rumor was going around that America's secret weapons of destruction caused the earthquake that struck Turkey on August 17, 1999. After 11 years, this time, Venezuelan President Chavez claimed that America was behind the earthquake that hit Haiti. Chavez blamed the United States for testing out....Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:47:00 +0100watchingamericaenwatchingamerica-fe310a008a06beac87a8cfb04e46da18NaturalDisasters39.9293 32.853338.9051 -77.016220100205184700http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/compassion-for-haiti--how-long-can-it-last,1153383.shtmlSEATTLE, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Three weeks after the Haiti earthquake, experts at leading aid group World Vision, say the impact of a crippling recession and high unemployment on disaster d...Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:15:00 +0100earthtimesenearthtimes-faa1c79276dcca7b06d652dab47e3cd3NaturalDisastersEcho18.54299 -72.34310220100205201500http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/kidnapping-drama-clouds-haiti-relief-20100206-nj09.htmlBill Clinton has arrived in Port-au-Prince as controversy rages over the fate of 10 of his compatriots detained in Haiti on child kidnapping charges.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:03:00 +0100smhensmh-311abc92b96f9b3936c85aafc983dc1dNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100205210300http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/477686/126539764143.htmSEATTLE (February 5, 2010) - Three weeks after the Haiti earthquake, experts at leading aid group World Vision, say the impact of a crippling recession and high unemployment on disaster donations has surprised them. The charity's disaster fundraising expert Randy Strash says Haiti is an example of....Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:45:00 +0100alertnetenalertnet-e4097c09d03afd3e4d63922d0571006eNaturalDisastersEcho18.54299 -72.34310220100205204500http://article.wn.com/view/2010/02/05/Mia_Farrow_Criticizes_Illegal_Haiti_Adoptions_z/GENEVA February 5, 2010 (AP) The Associated Press | UNICEF goodwill ambassador Mia Farrow has criticized as "deplorable" attempts to take children out of Haiti illegally after last month's devastating... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:12:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-8525b26aaf568eb3ac04425da3282779NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100205211200http://www.examiner.com/x-22164-Nashville-Parenting-Examiner~y2010m2d5-Aid-to-HaitiI write this at the risk of being perceived as uncaring or unsympathetic. That is not the case at all. I have tremendous sympathy for the plight of the Haitians, and I do not begrudge the aid that is being sent. They are already a poverty stricken nation even with the help that other countries have provided for years prior to the earthquake.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:42:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-5550bbb1de89e797e1a9889c8696a402NaturalDisastersEcho18.54299 -72.34310220100205214200http://www.miamiherald.com/haiti/opinion/story/1428515.htmlI t's no secret that the Rev. Pat Robertson is a yammering fool, but last week he hit a new low. During a chatty sit-down segment of his television program, the 700 Club , the prominent Christian preacher offered his viewers a unique explanation of the terrible earthquake in Haiti: ``Something....Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:42:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-fe3e8fc5efd8ec975802a20025dc898aNaturalDisastersTerroristAttack18.54299 -72.34310220100205214200http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100206/FOREIGN/702059852/1002/rssBaptist group face up to 15 years in jail for trying to take ‘orphans' across the border to the Dominican Republic.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:42:00 +0100thenationalenthenational-0a745589d7412b3f1255f5298ff825cdNaturalDisasters18.4893 -69.899320100205214200http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_editorial?id=17643486It has been almost a month since an earthquake wreaked havoc on the impoverished republic of Haiti, claiming the lives of thousands of Haitians and reducing the nation's capital city of Port-au-Prince to rubble, yet many reporters, relief workers and onlookers are still mystified by the Haitians' unrelenting faith.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:52:00 +0100virginislandsdailynewsenvirginislandsdailynews-91cc85f2f0051544fd8513bfefab2a37EuropeAidEchoNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100205225200http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/AZHU-82DPJX?OpenDocument&RSS20=18-PTestimony by Mark L. Schneider, Senior Vice President, International Crisis Group to the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee hearing on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection on Haiti's Reconstruction: Smart Planning Moving Forward, 4 February 2010, Washington, DC Mr.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:47:00 +0100reliefWebenreliefWeb-eb2c141c03b40682a9a4d0c6b82373feMarketPeaceKeepingEchoDevelopmentDavosSecurityCouncilEnvironmentNaturalDisastersEnterpriseEurope2EcologySocietyEuropeAidEconomicForecastingEU18.54299 -72.34310238.9051 -77.016220100205224700http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/06/world/americas/06haiti.htmlThe aircraft was on its way back from a Haitian recovery mission when it slammed into a mountain in the Dominican Republic, Haitian aviation authorities said on Friday.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:46:00 +0100nytimesennytimes-c93cf23fcdfd84db0cf56a5202a313ffNaturalDisasters18.4893 -69.899320100205224600http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100206/FOREIGN/702059852/1041/rssBaptist group face up to 15 years in jail for trying to take ‘orphans' across Haiti's border to Dominican Republic.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:27:00 +0100thenationalenthenational-52b511fc9ef934ccdf6a237f394229d5NaturalDisasters18.4893 -69.899320100205222700http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/06/world/americas/06haiti.html?partner=rss&emc=rssThe aircraft was on its way back from a Haitian recovery mission when it slammed into a mountain in the Dominican Republic, Haitian aviation authorities said on Friday.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:05:00 +0100IHTenIHT-c93cf23fcdfd84db0cf56a5202a313ffNaturalDisasters18.4893 -69.899320100205230500http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1035729/1/.htmlPORT-AU-PRINCE - Former US president Bill Clinton visited the headquarters of the Haitian government Friday as some 200 people protested outside, demanding tents more than three weeks after a devastating quake.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:03:00 +0100channelnewsasiaenchannelnewsasia-0c09227ec569759edbc5cce005e0b6d2CommunicableDiseasesUNSecretaryGeneralCommunicableDiseaseEndemicsNaturalDisasters20100205230300http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61503J20100206?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20reuters/topNews%20%28News%20/%20US%20/%20Top%20News%29PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton urged the U.S. and Haitian governments on Friday to resolve the case of 10 American missionaries accused of trying to take children illegally out of quake-hit Haiti.Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:30:00 +0100reutersenreuters-3b7a6df34d3c450be9f8377d23d75adbNaturalDisastersCitizenship20100206023000http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/06/world/americas/06haiti.htmlThe aircraft was on its way back from a Haitian recovery mission when it slammed into a mountain in the Dominican Republic, Haitian aviation authorities said on Friday.Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:25:00 +0100nytimesennytimes-b755ad4b791b5c2c5c96dc6e7af1b521NaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseases18.4893 -69.899320100206022500http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N05143144.htm(For full coverage, click on [nHAITI]) * 10 detained missionaries questioned by Haitian judge * Their lawyer seeks provisional release pending a hearing * Case has distracted attention from quake relief efforts By Joseph Guyler Delva PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton urged the U.Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:03:00 +0100alertnetenalertnet-9bbe85243290f5d826bd0e9e31856636NaturalDisastersCitizenship20100206020300http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/06/world/americas/06haiti.html?partner=rss&emc=rssFormer President Bill Clinton returned to Haiti on Friday to meet with government and aid officials, visit a health clinic and deliver medical supplies, computers and generators.Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:05:00 +0100IHTenIHT-b755ad4b791b5c2c5c96dc6e7af1b521NaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseases18.54299 -72.34310220100206030500http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CB_HAITI_AMERICANS_DETAINED?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Ten U.S. Baptist missionaries charged with child kidnapping returned to jail Friday after failing to persuade a judge to grant them provisional release pending the outcome of their case, their lawyer said....Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:48:00 +0100APenAP-cfeae158186abc8da98435e725ed5fe5NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100206024800http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/some-facts-stephen-harper-should-have-on-haiti/article1458214/A granular look at challenges Canada must overcome if it's serious about helping its quake-stricken Caribbean neighbourSat, 06 Feb 2010 02:48:00 +0100theglobeandmailentheglobeandmail-41c0c03694260cce9a6c38087deddfd9UNSecretaryGeneralEchoAgriculturalProdCropsFeedFibreNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310245.3742 -75.650720100206024800http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2010/02/mil-100205-unnews10.htmThe former United States president Bill Clinton flew into Haiti today in his expanded role as United Nations coordinator of international quake relief efforts, and immediately pledged to see the tasks through to its successful conclusion "long after the television crews have gone and emergency response teams have returned to their home countries.Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:23:00 +0100globalsecurityenglobalsecurity-1e830aa180e120ea36467c9c1e587c68FoodSecurityFoodAidUNbodiesUNSecretaryGeneralEchoHorizontalMattersNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100206042300http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=167929National leaders of Southern Baptist Convention send a letter to US President Barack Obama urging him to "do everything within the authority of your office to secure a safe return home" for the detainees.Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:46:00 +0100jpostenjpost-4006b2b5895a9adc38662f4203ab0f1aNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100206044600http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/bill-clinton-apologizes-for-slow-haiti-aid-effort-20100206-nje9.htmlFormer US president Bill Clinton pledged to try to get aid flowing as he was met by angry Haitians protesting the slow arrival of help since last month's quake.Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:43:00 +0100smhensmh-f057a1c96e5f0281d74d31ceb2f05d9bCommunicableDiseasesUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100206044300http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/20100206113112/Article/index_html2010/02/06 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Sat: Former US president Bill Clinton pledged yesterday to try to get aid flowing here as he was met by angry Haitians protesting the slow arrival of help since last month’s quake. Clinton said he was sorry that the aid efforts had been so slow, adding he also wanted to....Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:03:00 +0100nstennst-abcc07de56f94c3f32e50a02e8b51800CommunicableDiseasesUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100206050300http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/05/world/main6179532.shtmlBaptist Missionaries Expected Back in Courthouse Monday for 3 More Days of HearingsSat, 06 Feb 2010 05:38:00 +0100CBSnewsenCBSnews-a9114062bd834d862ec1387058218cc8NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100206053800http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/World/Story/A1Story20100206-197057.htmlPORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 5, 2010 (AFP) - Former US president Bill Clinton pledged Friday to try to get aid flowing here as he was met by angry Haitians protesting the slow arrival of help since last month's quake. Clinton said he was sorry that the aid efforts had been so slow, adding he also wanted to....Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:56:00 +0100AsiaOneenAsiaOne-9c8c1b942aa40b27e6568a550618567aCommunicableDiseasesUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100206065600http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=484377About 160 members of the Self-Defense Forces will leave for Haiti on Saturday night to engage in U.N. peacekeeping operations and help with reconstruction activities in the impoverished Caribbean nation devastated by the Jan. 12 quake. The 160 form the first batch of the 350-member SDF unit, which....Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:56:00 +0100kyodo-jpenkyodo-jp-c6aeb0a2efc5267210952737759ed02cNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100206085600http://article.wn.com/view/2010/02/06/WEST_CENTRAL_AFRICA_Communities_on_the_edge/ADDIS ABABA - Libyan leader Moamer Gathafi may seek to be re-elected as chairman of the African Union (AU). Heads of state from the organisation's 53 members are due to gather in - The Congo conflict has been dubbed the world's deadliest since World War II, causing 5.4 million deaths, in a widely cited study.Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:21:00 +0100africaFMenafricaFM-08a088a1d8c8306f4aaf7529f521218bUNbodiesSecurityCouncilNaturalDisasters8.97797020905037 38.785981618074320100206092100http://www.news24.com/Content/World/Haiti_Quake/3974/f548dabe6a9c4a44a799e4308e7a7e53/06-02-2010-02-00/Clinton_meets_angry_HaitiansFormer president Bill Clinton has pledged to try and get aid flowing in Haiti’s Port-au-Price, as he was met by angry Haitians protesting the slow arrival of help since last month’s quake.Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:19:00 +0100news24ennews24-42c931025de9c86a5681af5e02d57563CommunicableDiseasesUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100206131900http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/160-self-defense-force-troops-leave-for-quake-hit-haiti-on-un-missionAbout 160 members of the Self-Defense Forces left for Haiti on Saturday night to engage in U.N. peacekeeping operations and help with reconstruction activities in…Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:11:00 +0100japantodayenjapantoday-f650c096f525ae90f22f533766692cb6NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100206131100http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=484416About 160 members of the Self-Defense Forces left for Haiti on Saturday night to engage in U.N. peacekeeping operations and help with reconstruction activities in the impoverished Caribbean nation devastated by the Jan. 12 quake. The members form the first batch of a 350-member SDF unit, consisting....Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:26:00 +0100kyodo-jpenkyodo-jp-876c1f32ea2d533ef005f05d5a1aef47NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100206132600http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/02/201026124013978791.htmlFormer US president says officials "just want to protect children" in kidnapping case.Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:54:00 +0100aljazeera-enenaljazeera-en-4be0fc5157a3844496ae22435e044b44NaturalDisastersCitizenship18.54299 -72.34310220100206155400http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=213880PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton urged the U.S. and Haitian governments on Friday to resolve the case of 10 American missionaries accused of trying to take children illegally out of quake-hit Haiti. Clinton, named by the United Nations to coordinate relief efforts for....Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:06:00 +0100tehrantimesentehrantimes-d1c2136589a23f012694c028d42e66e2NaturalDisastersCitizenship20100206220600http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0206/haiti.htmlThe world's seven most industrialised nations - the G7 - have said they will each cancel their country's bilateral debt with Haiti.Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:39:00 +0100RTERadioenRTERadio-00928ee935662999a8f732078846c0feNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100206223900http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_us/us_haiti_earthquake_studentsNEW YORK Every payday, Jeff Paul sent whatever dollars he could spare to his mother and little brother back home in Haiti . They've become even more desperate since the Jan. 12 earthquake, compounded by thieves, destroyed his mother's business; they had to sleep in the streets of Port-au-Prince before a relative took them in.Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:43:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-150e3d0e142df051ec9347e1ae7667ceNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100206234300http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1466424.htmlNEW YORK -- Every payday, Jeff Paul sent whatever dollars he could spare to his mother and little brother back home in Haiti. They've become even more desperate since the Jan. 12 earthquake, compounded by thieves, destroyed his mother's business; they had to sleep in the streets of Port-au-Prince before a relative took them in.Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:43:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-0a565aebd5a31a172601baa556f89d79NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100206234300http://www.denverpost.com/rawnews/ci_14348571NEW YORKEvery payday, Jeff Paul sent whatever dollars he could spare to his mother and little brother back home in Haiti. They've become even more desperate since the Jan. 12 earthquake, compounded by thieves, destroyed his mother's business; they had to sleep in the streets of Port-au-Prince before a relative took them in.Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:43:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-9d1f7cac7af3f9d6f88049551dba3217NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100206234300http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=ODU2MTcxMDY=Published Date: February 07, 2010 PORT-AU-PRINCE: Ten US Baptist missionaries charged with child kidnapping returned to jail Friday after failing to persuade a judge to grant them provisional release pending the outcome of their case, their lawyer said.Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:49:00 +0100kuwaittimesenkuwaittimes-5e710e0a8f82336e8f2cd58b00a976bdNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100207004900http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2010/02/mil-100205-unnews10.htmBill Clinton arrives in Haiti as UN quake relief coordinator 5 February 2010 The former United States president Bill Clinton flew into Haiti today in his expanded role as United Nations coordinator of international quake relief efforts, and immediately pledged to see the tasks through to its....Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:01:00 +0100globalsecurityenglobalsecurity-a7741e09e4cc414dc3d763af3f84f9a1FoodSecurityFoodAidUNbodiesUNSecretaryGeneralEchoHorizontalMattersNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100207050100http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/haitiearthquake/2010-02/07/content_9440349.htmPORT-AU-PRINCE: The head of UN mission Saturday called for greater coordination in the international aid efforts in Haiti, which is recovering slowly from the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. Edmond Mulet, who heads the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), told reporters that the "moment has....Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:48:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-752a47c431d42c3deec242fad2f90980NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100207094800http://news.iafrica.com/worldnews/2210740.htmEven before cataclysm struck, Haiti was hugely impoverished and vulnerable, relying on foreign aid.Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:04:00 +0100iafricaeniafrica-c7bf09ee29d206cc72533abbfe2d5845TREN-SecuritySecurityCouncilMARS-STATNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100207110400http://www.examiner.com/x-28830-Charlotte-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2010m2d7-Haiti-relief-efforts-will-continue-as-medical-personnel-from-Charlotte-continue-to-assistHaiti relief efforts will continue with Charlotte medical personnel and others serving as volunteers. Many people from Charlotte have been able to volunteer in Haiti, and more are getting ready to leave soon. While Haiti has received help from Charlotte residents in the past, there have been renewed efforts since the recent earthquake.Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:24:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-61b7dcbbfc87ff47af8e6437a0d42009NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100207212400http://article.wn.com/view/2010/02/07/G7_pledges_to_wipe_out_Haiti_debt/| Group of Seven countries (G7) have pledged to cancel their bilateral debt with earthquake-ravaged Haiti, and urged international lenders to do the same, Jim Flaherty, t... (photo: AP / Javier Galeano)Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:24:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-8e8e1808b0f937dfc67708cf44e74896HorizontalMattersNaturalDisastersFoodSecurityFoodAid18.54299 -72.34310220100207212400http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10038/1034241-82.stmPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The floors were concrete and the windows were broken. There was no electricity or running water. Lunch looked like watery grits. Beds were fashioned from sheets of cardboard. And the only toilet did not work. But the Foyer of Patience here is like hundreds of places that....Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:54:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-301674493b19f2dd25e3a2bc832cf361NaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100207215400http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100207/OPINION/100209680?Title=Child-slavery-common-in-HaitiThat story, repeated on TV and in newspapers around the world, galvanized attention to a horrid problem that seemed to arise full blown from the rubble of the earthquake in Haiti. Up to 1 million children are orphans of the earthquake, and unscrupulous traffickers are snatching them and selling them into slavery.Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:54:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-67e6826835523fd4ceb794713392d696CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaksImmigrationNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseasesUNbodiesHumanTraffic18.54299 -72.34310220100207215400http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N07229252.htm07 Feb 2010 21:44:31 GMT Source: Reuters (For full coverage, click on [nHAITI]) * Weak Haitian justice system crippled by earthquake * Hearing in US missionaries case continues on Monday * Americans suffer ...Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:11:00 +0100alertnetenalertnet-b5928420f5de0c2b0adcae09d3edefbeNaturalDisasters20100207231100http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6161V520100207?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20reuters/topNews%20%28News%20/%20US%20/%20Top%20News%29PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's quake-shattered justice system, grappling with collapsed courts, destroyed records and homeless employees, would be hard-pressed to hold a high-profile trial for 10 Americans charged with kidnapping children, Haitian lawyers and rights advocates said on Sunday.Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:32:00 +0100reutersenreuters-8bf3f56e0258aacc75ca3760c62d5cd9NaturalDisasters20100207233200http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=hypocrisy-in-haiti-2010-02-07While Israel's charity in earthquake-hit Haiti is laudable, it is pure hypocrisy when measured against the country's indifference to profound suffering in next-door Gaza.Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:27:00 +0100TurkishDailyNewsenTurkishDailyNews-ab6d233429e104bd91084bb86d8d2961UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100207232700http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=what-will-it-take-to-rebuild-quake-hit-haiti-2010-02-07The Jan. 12 magnitude 7.0 earthquake not only killed more than 200,000 people and shattered Haiti's inadequate infrastructure, it also laid bare what one expert called the "fiction" of the Haitian government.Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:27:00 +0100TurkishDailyNewsenTurkishDailyNews-4f9e857d266f682b563c83bc7807e062TREN-SecurityMARS-STATNaturalDisasters20100207232700http://www.stabroeknews.com/2010/world/02/08/high-profile-us-case-tests-haitian-justice-system/PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s quake-shattered justice system, grappling with collapsed courts, destroyed records and homeless employees, would be hard-pressed to hold a high-profile trial for ...Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:24:00 +0100stabroeknewsenstabroeknews-b7cbe4d84ecfc688ca908bb344a08424NaturalDisasters20100208102400http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/SKEA-82GCYC?OpenDocument&RSS20=18-PDate: 08 Feb 2010 Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsMon, 08 Feb 2010 12:29:00 +0100reliefWebenreliefWeb-1c7307df5454ae915be46e4a403d4998AgricultureNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100208122900http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/feb/08/haiti-rainy-season-usAhead of the rainy season there are huge concerns over shelter, sanitation and human rights. The US has a responsibility to help Last month actors and human rights advocates Danny Glover and Harry Belafonte, along with the Reverend Jesse Jackson sent a letter to Congress and the Obama administration....Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:03:00 +0100guardianenguardian-df5aac380a177f1bc3695af08a2c6683SocietyCommunicableDiseasesCommunicableDiseaseOutbreaksNaturalDisasters20100208220300http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/health/09tele.html?partner=rss&emc=rssA video hookup between a patient on the scene and a doctor far away can save lives.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:10:00 +0100IHTenIHT-e817ba53551268801f0de9dcb1a1a698PublicHealthManMadeDisastersNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220100208231000http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N08204944.htm* US missionaries remain in custody in Haiti * Hearings to resume on Tuesday * Video emerges of police questioning of missionaries By Joseph Guyler Delva PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 8 (Reuters) - A Haitian judge made no decision at a hearing on Monday whether to free or prosecute 10 U.S.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:45:00 +0100alertnetenalertnet-37e12d1a3f5916ee6bcaf8e58a70ab00NaturalDisasters20100208234500