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Dominican lawyer for Americans jailed in Haiti has no license to practice in native country
Haiti kidnapping case: Americans could be released today
The anticipated release as early as today of 10 Americans charged in Haiti with child kidnapping would resolve the legal imbroglio the American missionaries touched off when they attempted to take 33 children out of the earthquake-ravaged country without authorization.
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UN highlights new threat from Haiti gangs
GENEVA – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti must tackle criminal gangs boosted by the escape of thousands of prisoners after the country’s devastating quake, an UN spokesman said Friday.
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Purdue engineer to assess Haiti damage
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A Purdue University civil engineer is joining a contingent of building safety experts on their trip to Haiti to study its earthquake-damaged structures.
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Church Adviser May Face Warrant
The man providing legal advice to American church members arrested in Haiti may have charges against him in the United States and a warrant for his arrest in El Salvador for sex trafficking.
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Dominican lawyer for Americans jailed in Haiti has no license to practice in native country
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – An official says the Dominican man giving legal advice to 10 Americans detained in Haiti on child-kidnapping charges has no license to practice law in his home country.
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Haiti still desperate one month on
UNDP boss on rebuilding Haiti
The head of the United Nations Development Agency’s, Helen Clark, says job creation in Haiti is critical to get families back on their feet, to revitalise the local economy and to reduce social tension.
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Nevada Air Guard Deploying On Haiti Mission
A Nevada Air National Guard aircraft is due to leave Reno Friday morning for a seven-day assignment to help fly earthquake relief to Haiti.
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Bill Clinton said involved in Haiti plan
MIAMI, Feb. 11 (UPI) — The Obama administration is working on a plan to rebuild quake-stricken Haiti with former President Bill Clinton possibly in a central role, Miami sources said.
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Our World: A Haiti project worth supporting
A team of medical professionals from the Wenatchee Valley will be headed to Haiti in April to perform humanitarian work and the community has an opportunity to make important contributions to their effort. Teams from the Wenatchee Valley Medical Center have been providing humanitarian medical aid to Haiti since 1986 in the northern city of Milot. Dr. Dale Peterson, a retired urologist, has …
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Haiti still desperate one month on
2010-02-12 | As mourners gather to mark a month to the day since Haiti was shattered by a devastating earthquake, thousands of families around Port-au-Prince are still struggling to shield themselves and their children from hunger and disease.
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Happy Hour for Haiti
ML doctor gets help from unlikely source in efforts to help Haiti
Dr. Richard P. Glunk could not have imagined a greater contrast than traveling from the affluent Main Line to earthquake-ravaged Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
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NJ college student confirmed dead in Haiti
HOPEWELL — A college student from New Jersey has been confirmed dead in last month’s earthquake in Haiti.
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Chatham High School grad gives helping hand in Haiti
CHATHAM – Helping earthquake victims in Haiti was not on Adam Skordinski’s to-do list when he graduated from Chatham High School in 2001, but after college and three-years of teaching, destiny stepped in.
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Great Skates Helps Haiti
Great Skates in Bangor is inviting students to kick off February vacation by hitting the skate floor and helping those in need in Haiti at the same time. The entire community is invited to the entertainment center tonight when 100% of the admissions collected will be donated to the Red Cross to a . . .
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Happy Hour for Haiti
With all the excitement over the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras, it’s easy to forget that Haiti still desperately needs our help. What better way to give to a country still in shambles — and to recover from Fat Tuesday — than by a laid-back and fun-filled celebration of the arts? “Lambi A Rele,” a [...]
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‘We Are The World’ For Haiti Makes Debut
Whippany Rotary donates Shelter Boxes to Haiti
HANOVER TWP. – Whippany Rotary will contribute 4,000 to the Haitian relief effort by paying for two Shelter Boxes (www.shelterbox.org/about/php? page=9) and contributing $2,000 to concern.net.
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Aaron Frisch travels to Haiti to give help and hope
Aaron has been desperate to find a way to get to Haiti ever since the January 12th earthquake.
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Haiti trip for local missionaries delayed
Sardis City pastor Harry Whitt had high hopes of being in Haiti by now providing relief to those in need following a pair of massive earthquakes. But even before his quest could take flight, they were grounded.
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‘We Are The World’ For Haiti Makes Debut
More than 75 mega-stars gathered Monday to re-record the 1985 charity anthem “We are the World” in the same Hollywood recording studio where the original was cut 25 years ago. Pink, Celine Dion, Natalie Cole, the Jonas Brothers, Kanye West, Tony Bennett, Jennifer Hudson, Akon and other musical luminaries stood shoulder to shoulder on risers at Henson Recording studios, singing their hearts out …
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‘We Are The World’ For Haiti Makes Debut
More than 75 mega-stars gathered Monday to re-record the 1985 charity anthem “We are the World” in the same Hollywood recording studio where the original was cut 25 years ago. Pink, Celine Dion, Natalie Cole, the Jonas Brothers, Kanye West, Tony Bennett, Jennifer Hudson, Akon and other musical luminaries stood shoulder to shoulder on risers at Henson Recording studios, singing their hearts out …
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PS 155 bakes for Haiti
Haiti judge wants 10 Americans released
By Frank Bajak ASSOCIATED PRESS PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti | The Haitian judge deciding whether 10 U.S. missionaries should face trial on charges of trying to take a busload of children out of the country…
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Haiti mourns one month after devastating quake
Haiti observes a national day of mourning Friday to mark one month after a devastating quake killed at least 217,000 people, as the coming rainy season threatens more misery for the hundreds of thousands made homeless.
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Newtown church offers assist to Haiti
Faith Christian Fellowship Church wants to help the people of Haiti struggling in the aftermath of a recent earthquake.
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Haiti marks quake one month on
Thousands of Haitians pray at the exact time the devastating earthquake struck their country on 12 January.
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PS 155 bakes for Haiti
PS 155 in South Ozone Park raised $2,265 for Haiti by holding a fundraiser and bake sale called, “Help Haiti, Bake for a Cause.”
Read more on Queens Chronicle
Focus on hospital, not Haiti
Benefit concert for Haiti set Feb. 19
A concert to benefit the survivors of the recent earthquake in Haiti will be held from 8 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 19, at the Skylands Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.
Read more on Mt. Olive Chronicle
X Factor Star’s Plan To Help Haiti Children
After meeting a seven-year-old miracle survivor of the Haiti earthquake, Alexandra Burke has told Sky News she wants to help set up a school in the country.
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Haiti sees opportunity in migration to farms as it tries to boost agriculture with $700M plan
ROME – The Haitian government is looking to take advantage of the massive flow of earthquake survivors streaming from Port-au-Prince to the countryside to launch a $700 million program to invest in Haiti’s farming industry and help the country feed itself.
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Haiti baby Landina arrives in UK
Landina Seignon, the three-month-old baby who suffered serious head injuries during the Haiti earthquake, arrives in London for hospital treatment this morning.
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Focus on hospital, not Haiti
I can’t believe your paper. An editorial about a Chinese restaurant closing? (“Save Baby Buddha, editorial, Jan. 28) Who really cares? How about the fact that a great institution like St. Vincent’s Hospital may close? Our story was relegated to page six.
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Their buckets are for water for Haiti
Verona Lions Club joins in Haiti relief
In addition to supporting charitable and civic causes in Verona and throughout the State of New Jersey, the Verona Lions Club also supports Lions Club International and its efforts to help others throughout the world.
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PS 155 bakes for Haiti
PS 155 in South Ozone Park raised $2,265 for Haiti by holding a fundraiser and bake sale called, “Help Haiti, Bake for a Cause.”
Read more on Queens Chronicle
Body of second Lynn student on Haiti trip identified
Christine Gianacaci remembered as ‘bright light’ in the lives of family, friends U.S. officials have identified the body of a second Lynn University student missing since the Haiti earthquake, the school confirmed Thursday.
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Naomi Campbell – Campbell Brings Out The Stars For Haiti
Supermodel NAOMI CAMPBELL recruited stars including CHRIS BROWN, HELENA CHRISTENSEN and MALIN AKERMAN for a celebrity fashion show in New York on Friday (12Feb10) to help…
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Their buckets are for water for Haiti
BAXTER – Jake, Devon, Jack, Brady, Arron, Chris, Kobe, Luke and Allen will all tell you the same thing – they love sports.
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