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Americans detained in Haiti were ‘trying to rescue children’

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Ten Baptist workers to appear in Port-au-Prince court after attempting to take youngsters out of countryTen Americans will appear in court today in Port-au-Prince after attempting to take 34 children out of Haiti, saying that they were trying to rescue [...]

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in USA |

The west owes Haiti a bailout. And it would be a hand-back, not a handout | Gary Younge

The Caribbean nation should be reimbursed for centuries of punitive treatment and brutality by the outside worldLast week started with a conference in Montreal, called by a group of governments and international agencies calling themselves Friends of Haiti, to discuss the long and short term needs of the recently devastated Caribbean nation. Even as corpses remained [...]

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in USA |
 

Baptist group denies trafficking in Haitian kids

The director of the charity now watching 33 Haitian children that a church group had tried to leave Haiti with tells NBC that one child says she still has parents.
 

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in USA |

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 [...]

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in USA |
 

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.

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in USA |

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.
 

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in USA |
 

Haiti school founder faces new sex charges

A Colorado man charged with sexually abusing nine boys at a school he founded in Haiti plans to plead not guilty to new charges that accuse him of abusing nine more victims.

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in USA |

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.

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in USA |

Clinton cites exodus effect from Haitian capital

An effective recovery strategy for Haiti must take into account a sudden rush of thousands of quake survivors from Port-au-Prince into the countryside, where the economy cannot sustain them, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday…

[ More ] January 26th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in USA |

Celebrities unite to help Haiti in telethon

Grim-faced celebrities and musicians with mournful tunes set the tone for the all-star, international “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon, which featured two hours of desperate pleas.
 

[ More ] January 23rd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in USA |
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