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6 February, 2010

How the U.S. Could Help Haiti
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Vengeance is Mine, Saith the Lord. Reflections on Pat Robertson. by Steven Jonas, MD, MPH
Posted: 05 Feb 2010 01:56 PM PST
by Steven Jonas, MD, MPH Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted on Buzzflash.com Feb. 5, 2010 “NEW YORK (CBS, 1/12/10) Pat Robertson, the American Christian televangelist and host of “The 700 Club,” said that Haitians need to have a ‘great turning to god’ while he was reporting on the devastating 7.0 earthquake that shook the […]
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Haiti, A history of US profiteering and the 5th largest US Embassy …
By cuthulan
The U.S. military command in Africa, AFRICOM, has assumed responsibility for much of the day-to-day duties once performed by the State Department and other civilian agencies. More often than not, the uniformed military is the dispenser …
cuthulan.wordpress.com/2010/02/06/haiti-a-history-of-us-profiteering-and-the-5th-largest-us-embassy/

Wyclef Jean, Haitian choir open BET concert for Haiti
Washington Post
By JENNIFER KAY AP Rapping in Haitian Creole, the singer and producer opened “SOS Saving OurSelves – Help for Haiti,” which will benefit earthquake relief …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/05/AR2010020501119.html?hpid=entnews

Bill Clinton urges solution to Haiti ‘kidnap’ case
Reuters
Former President and United Nations Special Envoy for Haiti, Bill Clinton talks with journalists in Port-au-Prince, February 5, 2010. …
www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61503J20100206

Overreaction: Haiti authorities should release Americans charged with child …
Houston Chronicle
It’s clear that the attempt by a group of Idaho missionaries to take 33 Haitian children out of the quake-ravaged country last week without official …
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/6853843.html

Dominican Republic copter crash kills 2 Americans on Haiti mission
CNN International
The accident occurred about 7 pm in Dajabon, just east of the border with Haiti, said Rosani Zapata, a spokeswoman for the Dominican Civil Aviation …
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UNICEF condemns increase of child trafficking in Haiti
Xinhua
5 (Xinhua) — The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday condemned the increase of child trafficking in Haiti at a time of grief and loss after …
news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-02/06/c_13165742.htm

A welcome distraction in Miami
San Francisco Chronicle
A shirtless teenager is being cuffed and arrested at a corner Laundromat in Little Haiti, where the houses are cheap, the colors are bright and the windows …
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Amid crisis in Haiti, adoptions still require careful scrutiny
Boston Globe
PERHAPS IT was compassion that motivated the church-going Americans who were detained in Haiti for trying to bring 33 children across the border to the …
www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2010/02/06/amid_crisis_in_haiti_adoptions_still_require_careful_scrutiny/

Baptists concerned Haiti arrests may hurt image
Houston Chronicle
29 while trying to take 33 children out of Haiti. Even so, Vice President of Convention Relations Roger Oldham said there is concern the faith’s long …
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6853642.html

US citizens arrive in SC from Haiti
Myrtle Beach Sun News
By Prentiss Findlay – The Post and Courier A second wave of US citizens evacuated from Haiti arrived Friday at Charleston International Airport and were …
www.thesunnews.com/news/local/story/1300548.html

National Library of Medicine Creates Haiti Earthquake People …
By resourceshelf
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world’s largest medical library and an arm of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announces the release of the Haiti Earthquake People Locator (HEPL), a new system that can assist in the …
www.resourceshelf.com/2010/02/05/national-library-of-medicine-creates-haiti-earthquake-people-locator-also-acts-as-a-meta-search-engine/

Scarlett Johansson Designs Mango Handbags for Haiti | PopEater.com
By PopEater Staff
Scarlett Johansson is the new face of Mango and has helped design an exclusive handbag to go on sale in more than 1390 Mango stores.
www.popeater.com/2010/02/05/scarlett-johansson-designs-mango-handbags-for-haiti/

Global Voices Online “Haiti: Help from Neighbours
By Janine Mendes-Franco
Post-Thumbnail. No Thumbnail. CARICOM member states make donations to the Haiti earthquake relief effort: Repeating Islands has the details. Cancel this reply. Start the Conversation. Authors, please log in “. Name (required) …
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Haiti Aid Groups Collaborate To Save More Lives
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Along with an unprecedented number of injuries and amputations following Haiti’s Jan. 12 earthquake, aid groups are demonstrating an uncommon effort at cooperation and collaboration to get victims the best care possible, the Washington …
www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/05/haiti-aid-groups-collabor_n_451933.html

Oxfam America Blog “Blog Archive” Why is Haiti poor?
By Chris Hufstader
Other reasons for poverty in Haiti include macroeconomic decisions: As Haiti expert Bob Maguire pointed out on National Public Radio last week, the US and other countries encouraged Haiti to build factories, but did not invest in …
blogs.oxfamamerica.org/index.php/2010/02/05/why-is-haiti-poor/

Haiti three weeks later – The Big Picture – Boston.com
The Big Picture – News Stories in Photographs from the Boston Globe.
www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/02/haiti_three_weeks_later.html

‘Hope for Haiti’ raises $58 million and counting – CNN.com
Friday night’s star-studded “Hope for Haiti” telethon has raised a record- breaking $58 million, with more donations continuing to pour in from around the …
www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/23/haiti.telethon/index.html

Charlie Simpson is fundraising for UNICEF UK – JustGiving
Thank you very much for all the money you have donated to the children in Haiti. The people in Haiti can now have a water kit, and some food and a tent. …
www.justgiving.com/charliesimpson-haiti

‘Hope For Haiti Now’ Sets New Record For Money Raised By Disaster …
As donations continue to pour in from around the world, “Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief” announced on Saturday (January 23) that …
www.mtv.com/news/articles/1630365/20100123/story.jhtml

5 February, 2010

Comment: Helen Scott
HOW THE U.S. COULD HELP HAITI
Two measures would immediately help Haitians—cancellation of the foreign debt and overhauling an immigration system that discriminates against them.
socialistworker.org/2010/02/05/how-the-us-could-help-haiti

Haiti: Still Starving 23 Days Later
Bill Quigley, Truthout: “You can walk down many of the streets of Port-au-Prince and see absolutely no evidence that the world community has helped Haiti. Twenty-three days after the earthquake jolted Haiti and killed over 200,000 people, as many as a million people have still not received any international food assistance.”
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Haiti: US Lawmakers, NGOs Call for Debt Cancellation
Jim Lobe, Inter Press Service: “Three weeks after Haiti’s devastating earthquake, nearly 100 U.S. lawmakers joined with key civil society groups here Thursday to urge the Group of Seven (G7) leading western nations to commit to cancelling all of the Caribbean country’s multilateral debt.”
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