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6 bodies found near Haiti bus accident (Miami Herald)
Searchers in Haiti found the bodies of six people believed to have been aboard a bus that overturned in a surging river following Tropical Storm Fay, raising the country's total death toll from the storm to 16, officials said Tuesday.
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:05:14 GMT
Kidnapped 12-year-old boy found dead in Haiti (Miami Herald)
U.N. police say a kidnapped 12-year-old boy has been killed in Haiti after his parents could not pay a ransom. U.N. mission spokeswoman Sophie Boutaud de la Combe said the boy's body was found Saturday, four days after he was abducted in the southeastern town of Grande Ravine.
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:50:14 GMT
Haiti Island bridge replacement progressing (The Auburn Citizen)
MENTZ - Replacement of the Haiti Island bridge is still a long way from being completed, but progress is being made.
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:16:46 GMT
More than 30 missing in Haiti (Miami Herald)
Authorities were still searching Tuesday for more than 30 people who were missing in Haiti after the pounding by Tropical Storm Fay, which killed at least 10 people there and was blamed for another five deaths in the neighboring Dominican Republic.
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:29:56 GMT
Haiti PM's future on hold (Miami Herald)
The political fate of Haiti's newly ratified prime minister, Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis, was put on hold Tuesday after the president of the lower house of parliament was forced to postpone Phase 2 of her ratification vote.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:27:57 GMT
Haiti PM's future on hold (McClatchy Washington Bureau)
The political fate of Haiti's newly ratified prime minister, Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis, was put on hold Tuesday after the president of the lower house of parliament was forced to postpone Phase 2 of her ratification vote.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:06:36 GMT
Supplies From N.E. Ohio Used To Build School In Haiti (News Channel 5 Cleveland)
Four students from Haiti come to Cleveland to meet people who helped build a school for 1,600 Haitian children.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:26:00 GMT
30 missing as truck is swept away in Haiti (Gulf Times)
PORT-AU-PRINCE: At least 30 people remain missing in Haiti two days after a truck carrying more than twice that number was swept into a river swollen by Tropical Storm Fay, authorities said yesterday.
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:31:56 GMT
Pierre-Louis' task in Haiti: to revive a wounded nation (Miami Herald)
If there is a metaphor that describes the challenges facing Haiti's newly ratified Prime Minister Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis, look no further than the Port-au-Prince neighborhood that once served as home to American dance icon Katherine Dunham.
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:12:57 GMT
Bus overturns in Haiti flooding (CNN.com)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Two babies were killed when a river surging with rain from Tropical Storm Fay toppled an overcrowded bus, a U.N. official said Monday, denying reports that at least 30 passengers were feared dead.
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:14:04 GMT