In Partnership with:

Haiti

1967 Stories, most recent news story added 25 minutes ago

Send
- Email
- IM
Share
- Digg
- Facebook
- Newsvine
- del.icio.us
- Reddit
- StumbleUpon
- Technorati
- Yahoo! Bookmarks

Recycling in Haiti Eases Tensions in 'a Very Violent Neighborhood'

New York Times - Mon Nov 9, 1:27 pm ET

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Two years ago, the Carrefour Feuilles (pronounced

News Stories

Sort By:

On Environmental Brink, Haiti Scrambles for a Lifeline
New York Times - Mon Nov 9, 1:27 pm ET
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A hard rain can be deadly here. A family of four was reported killed late last month when rushing st...
Nominee for Haitian PM clears first hurdle
NBC26 Green Bay - Fri Nov 6, 7:21 pm ET
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haitian senators have taken a key first step toward replacing the prime minister they ousted a week ago. In a 22-0 vote Friday, lawmakers affirmed that planning and external cooperation minister Jean-Max Bellerive meets constitutional requirements to be prime minister.
Haiti PM nominee is a political survivor
Miami Herald - Sat Nov 7, 12:50 pm ET
The Haitian Senate unanimously approved a longtime technocrat as prime minister Friday, hoping that a man with long ties to Haiti's political power brokers and the international community can lead this nation through its fifth change of cabinets in five years.
Can Scrap Paper Save Haiti's Remaining Forests?
Scientific American - Mon Nov 9, 7:18 pm ET
Two years ago, the Carrefour Feuilles (pronounced "kar-ah-fur fay") neighborhood was considered too dangerous for U.N. peacekeepers who were not protected by armored vehicles. And even today, a dozen or so Sri Lankan troops garrisoned here nervously stand watch behind heavy fortifications. But Carrefour Fueilles has turned out to be perfect for an experimental solid waste processing and ...
Growth seen for Haiti, Guyana
Miami Herald - Tue Nov 10, 1:02 am ET
Haiti and Guyana are the two countries in the Caribbean that are expected to post positive growth this year, despite a global economic crisis that sent financial shock waves through the region.
Haiti Senate ousts prime minister
The Washington Times - Sat Oct 31, 5:15 am ET
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti | Haitian lawmakers ousted the prime minister Friday in a power struggle that threatens to undermine a campaign to attract foreign investment to the impoverished country. Michele Pierre-Louis was removed when 18 of 29 senators voted for censure and dissolved the Cabinet. Most of the votes against the prime minister came from President Rene Preval's own Lespwa movement ...
Listen Up: Wyclef Jean builds a brutally real 'Mansion'
USA Today - Mon Nov 9, 7:46 pm ET
This 13-track concept album finds the former Fugees star adopting the persona of Toussaint St. Jean, a character based on 18th-century Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L'Ouverture.
Haiti's new prime minister wins confirmation
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 7, 6:51 pm ET
The lower house of Haiti's parliament confirmed Jean-Max Bellerive as prime minister on Saturday, clearing the way for the economist and veteran politician to form a new government.
Review | Devil's Dream: A Novel About Nathan Bedford Forrest
Miami Herald - Tue Nov 10, 1:02 am ET
After reading Madison Smartt Bell's new novel, one can see why Mrs. Gump named her slow-witted boy after Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Like the Haitian liberator Toussaint L'ouverture, another historical figure Bell has written about, Forrest was a self-taught military genius. Irregular tactics and hellish courage made him one of the most successful and colorful leaders of the ...
From Haiti, with Rainn: 'Office' actor blogs charity trip
USA Today - Wed Nov 4, 5:59 pm ET
The Office star Rainn Wilson recently embarked on a charity trip to Haiti and kept a blog of his adventures for USA TODAY. Read about his voyage.
Group works to help Haitian kids
Jefferson City News Tribune - Mon Nov 9, 5:08 am ET
Photos of emaciated children and coffins of famine victims pierced Iva Presberry's heart as her eye drifted across another photo in "The Catholic Missourian" on Sept. 4.
Halphens' mission to help
The Daily Iberian - 1 hour 7 minutes ago
Having spent 30 years treating local children as a New Iberia pediatrician, Dr. Mike Halphen and his wife, Tommye, are living proof that retirement can serve as an even better means of bringing help to those less fortunate than many locals could comprehend.
From Haiti, with Rainn: Day 4
USA Today - Wed Nov 4, 12:43 pm ET
More from Rainn Wilson's Haiti blog:
[ELD] Vatican's Apostolic Constitution explained
Worldwide Faith News - 25 minutes ago
>Episcopal Life Daily >November 9, 2009 >Episcopal Life Online is available at > http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife . >Today's Episcopal Life Daily includes: * TOP STORY - In Hong Kong, Anglican consultation addresses horrors of human trafficking * TOP STORY - Bulletin inserts for Nov. 15 remember life and ministry of Samuel Seabury * TOP STORY - Vatican releases ...
HOMER-CENTER: Shoes collected to help children in Haiti
The Indiana Gazette - Sat Nov 7, 7:55 am ET
HOMER CITY - On behalf of Mr. Rob Stossel's seventh-period economics class, in partnership with Indiana University of Pennsylvania as well as Partners in Progress in Haiti, we would like to announce the kick-off of the Homer-Center School District's Help for Haiti Shoe Drive.