Recycling in Haiti Eases Tensions in 'a Very Violent Neighborhood'
New York Times - Mon Nov 9, 1:27 pm ETPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Two years ago, the Carrefour Feuilles (pronounced
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Ships in Port
Beaumont Enterprise - Mon Nov 9, 3:09 pm ETPort of Beaumont: Beagle VI, Panama, wheat for Haiti; BBC Colorado, Antigua & Barbuda, inbound with steel billets; Johanna Oldendorf, Liberia, soybeans for China; MV Lifter, Antigua & Barbuda, inbound with windmills; Ikebana, Singapore, inbound with forest products; Caja Duchess, Marshall Islands, potash for Colombia.
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TheGrio: Sosa can’t bleach out his history
MSNBC - Mon Nov 9, 10:47 am ETTheGrio: Sammy Sosa's move to lighten his skin highlights an ugly truth.
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Ida Blows Ashore As Gulf Coast Rides Out Storm
NPR - 24 minutes agoThe tropical storm makes landfall at Dauphin Island, Ala., and was expected to turn eastward to follow the Florida Panhandle. Forecasters say Ida had already spread most of its heavy rain onshore along the Gulf Coast ahead of storm's center.
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Filmmaker views Haiti revolution through leader’s eyes
The Brown Daily Herald - Thu Nov 5, 3:24 am ETAt a screening of his 2007 documentary about the Haitian revolution at the Watson Institute for International Studies last night, filmmaker Noland Walker discussed the implications of the momentous event in the context of human rights and slavery....
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Tropical Storm Ida aims at Gulf Coast
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 8:22 pm ETSome Gulf Coast residents hunkered down at home and in shelters Monday while others ventured outside to watch the approach of a rare late-season tropical storm that brought the potential for high winds, flooding and up to 8 inches of rain in some places.
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Volunteers pack meals for Haitian children
Barrington Courier-Review - Thu Nov 5, 10:41 pm ETThanks to a recent Make A Difference Day event hosted by Bright Hope International, 2,550 schoolchildren in Haiti will soon be receiving meals that were packed by local volunteers, many from the Barrington area.
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Gulf Coast preps as Ida weakens to tropical storm
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 7:04 pm ETGulf Coast residents hunkered down at home and in shelters Monday as a rare late-season tropical storm headed their way, bringing with it the potential for high winds, flooding and up to 8 inches of rain in some places.
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Haitian prime minister fired by Senate
FOX 11 Tucson - Fri Oct 30, 2:04 am ETPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis has been removed from office by a Senate vote.
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Haitian prime minister removed by Senate in vote that could hurt investment effort
Sun-Sentinel - Mon Oct 26, 7:19 pm ETPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — 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.
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Police reports from local municipalities
Miami Herald - 16 minutes agoOVERTOWN | A burglar forced open a window of an apartment in the 400 block of Northwest Ninth Street between 2 and 11:30 p.m. Oct. 10.
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Ida has hit Alabama, but we'll feel it around Tampa
The Tampa Tribune - 1 hour 13 minutes agoTropical Storm Ida reached the northern Gulf Coast this morning, and its leftovers will bring the Tampa area rain and thunderstorms along with some blustery weather.
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World Briefing
Los Angeles Times - Sun Nov 8, 1:50 am ETHaiti: Parliament approves new premier / India: Dalai Lama visit draws thousands / Scotland: G-20 agrees on recovery effort
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MGH doctor returns home after stabbing
Boston Globe - Tue Nov 10, 12:58 am ETBELMONT - There were balloons, a few curious neighbors, and a horde of reporters. Two weeks after a patient repeatedly stabbed her at a Massachusetts General Hospital clinic, Dr. Astrid Desrosiers returned home yesterday, with casts on both forearms and deep scars, but with enough strength to walk through her front door.
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Tropical Storm Ida reaches land in Alabama
Houston Chronicle - Tue Nov 10, 2:06 am ETSqualls ahead of a rare late-season tropical storm that was crawling toward the Gulf Coast blew in heavy rain Monday as residents hunkered down mostly at home to ride out high winds and anticipated flooding.
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CD reviews: 'The Circle' by Bon Jovi, 'From the Hut, to the Projects, to the Mansion' by Wyclef Jean
Baltimore Sun - 8 minutes agoBon Jovi circles back to blue-collar platitudes Bon Jovi, 'The Circle' * 1/2 (out of four) "Who's gonna work for the working man?" wonders Jon Bon Jovi on the new album by the long-running outfit that bears his name. Well, Bon Jovi is up to the job: On "The Circle" (Island), this band of Jersey boys makes a recession-appropriate return (after appealing forays into pop and country) to its old ...
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On environmental brink, Haiti scrambles for a lifeline.
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