U.S. to resume medevac flights from Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – The U.S. military will resume evacuation flights to the United States for critically injured Haitian earthquake victims within the next 12 hours, the White House said on Sunday.
American church group held after trying to take children out of Haiti
Baptists who wanted to start orphanage in Dominican Republic believed to have lacked paperwork amid trafficking fearsA group of 10 American Baptists were being held in Port-au-Prince today after trying to take 33 children out of Haiti.The church group, most of them from Idaho, allegedly lacked the proper documents when they were arrested on Friday [...]
US military halts Haiti earthquake victims’ evacuations
Doctors warn that patients face imminent death if temporarily suspended US flights do not resumeThe US military has halted flights carrying Haitian earthquake victims to the US because of an apparent cost dispute, leading doctors to warn that some injured patients faced imminent death if the flights do not resume.The evacuations were temporarily suspended on [...]
10 Americans held in Haiti; tried to move kids
Haitian police arrested 10 U.S. citizens after they tried to take 33 Haitian children out of the earthquake-stricken nation, authorities said Saturday.
NYT: Cost dispute halts airlift of Haiti victims
The U.S. has suspended its medical evacuations of critically injured Haitian earthquake victims until a dispute over who will pay for their care is settled, military officials said.
Haiti earthquake: Sovereignty takes back seat as US takes command
‘If they stayed 30 years I’d be happy!’ Haitians desperate for food, water and medicine look to Washington for helpOfficially, Haiti’s government is directing earthquake relief efforts but the hand-written sign in Delmas, one of Port-au-Prince’s devastated districts, told a different story: “Hello America! We need help here. Urgent! Thank you America!”The plea cut through [...]
Americans set to give more for Haiti than tsunami
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Americans are on track to give more for Haiti than the 2004 Asian tsunami despite a struggling economy, but the earthquake has left some companies wondering how they can do more than write checks, experts said on Wednesday.
John Travolta flies Scientologists’ aid to Haiti
Actor flies his own Boeing 707 to Port-au-Prince laden with supplies to bolster US-based group’s disaster relief effortJohn Travolta piloted a plane laden with aid supplies and Scientologists to Haiti today to bolster the US-based group’s disaster relief effort.The actor and leading Scientologist flew his own Boeing 707 to the capital, Port-au-Prince, shortly before US [...]
U.S. 82nd Airborne’s “Beast” helps hungry Haitians
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – With his company’s Humvees still sitting at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Captain Sean Shields uses a rental car with an Avis “We Try Harder” sticker to ferry his soldiers on aid missions in Haiti’s earthquake-shattered capit…
U.S. says to send home illegal Haitian immigrants
TOLEDO, Spain (Reuters) – Haitian citizens who arrive in the United States illegally after the January 12 earthquake will be sent home, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Friday.