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Sean Penn’s Haiti work earns humanitarian prize

March 19th, 2012 | Author: admin

FILE - In this April 10, 2010 file photo, U.S. actor Sean Penn carries the belongings of a person displaced by the earthquake as people are relocated from the Petion ville Golf Club to a new camp, Corail-Cesselesse, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Penn is being honored by a group of Nobel laureates for his relief work in Haiti following the country's devastating January 2010 earthquake. Penn is to receive the 2012 Peace Summit Award at the 12th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates at an event in Chicago in April 2012 and is expected to draw such luminaries as Poland's Lech Walesa and the Dalai Lama. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)Actor Sean Penn is being honored by a group of Nobel laureates for his relief work in Haiti following the country’s devastating January 2010 earthquake.


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Tropical Storm Emily nears disaster-hit Haiti (AP)

August 4th, 2011 | Author: admin

A worker from a private company cleans a drainage in preparation for Tropical Storm Emily in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011. Rain-packed Tropical Storm Emily brushed past Puerto Rico and headed Wednesday toward the Dominican Republic and Haiti, where more than 630,000 people are still in tents and flimsy shanties after last year's earthquake. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)AP – Tropical Storm Emily spun slowly to the south of the Dominican Republic and Haiti Wednesday night, its strong winds already shaking palm trees and threatening tens of thousands of people in flimsy shelters and tents.


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Report questions official Haiti quake death toll (AP)

May 31st, 2011 | Author: admin

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2010 file photo, a woman walks down a devastated street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, a week after powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck. Far fewer people died or were left homeless by last year's devastating earthquake than claimed by Haitian leaders, a report commissioned by the U.S. government has concluded — challenging a central premise behind a multibillion-dollar aid and reconstruction effort. The report, a copy of which was obtained Monday, May 30, 2011 by The Associated Press, estimates that the death toll was between 46,000 and 85,000, far below the Haitian government's official figure of 316,000. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)AP – Far fewer people died or were left homeless by last year’s devastating earthquake than claimed by Haitian leaders, a report commissioned by the U.S. government has concluded — challenging a central premise behind a multibillion-dollar aid and reconstruction effort.


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New president to take power in struggling Haiti (AP)

May 14th, 2011 | Author: admin

Commuters ride in a 'tap-tap' as Haiti readies for President-elect Michel Martelly's upcoming inauguration, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday May 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP – Charismatic pop star-turned-president Michel Martelly takes over Haiti on Saturday promising to rebuild its earthquake-devastated capital, develop the long-neglected countryside and build a modern army.


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Sheen hints at Fox deal, plans Haiti tour stop

March 21st, 2011 | Author: admin

Charlie Sheen has a new target in his quest for global domination: Haiti.

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Haiti chooses new leader, hoping this one delivers (AP)

March 21st, 2011 | Author: admin

Electoral workers count ballots at a polling station at the end of a presidential runoff in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday March 20, 2011. Haiti's voters will choose between candidates Mirlande Manigat, the former first lady, and Michel 'Sweet Micky' Martelly, a star of Haitian music to lead a country where anger with the government runs deep and nearly a million people are living on the streets. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)AP – Haitians scarred by decades of poverty, political corruption and natural disasters cast ballots Sunday for president in hopes a new leader could do what others have not: Replace homes and schools in the earthquake-devastated capital, improve education and create some optimism for the future.


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Wyclef Jean claims he was shot in Haiti while police say he cut his hand on glass

March 20th, 2011 | Author: admin

Haitians headed to the polls to pick a new president Sunday among conflicting reports that former candidate wannabe Wyclef Jean was shot.

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