Haiti Newslinks 10 March, 2010
UN Honors the 101 Who Served and Died in Haiti
New York Times
Photographs of the United Nations employees killed in the Haiti earthquake were shown at a memorial service on Tuesday. In a somber, secular memorial…
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/world/americas/10nations.html
A colossal and costly cleanup in Haiti begins
Washington Post
A boy climbs over collapsed buildings in the Fort National neighborhood, in Haiti, on Friday, Feb. 26. Clothing hangs from a door of the Ministere de…
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2010/03/09/GA2010030903784.html
Hospital ship USNS Comfort sailing home from Haiti
USA Today
The ship’s departure brings to a close a dramatic naval mission launched three days after the Haitian earthquake Jan. 12, when the ship’s crew ended …
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-10-comfort10_ST_N.htm
In Haiti, engineers get crash course on quake damage assessment
Los Angeles Times
A US group provides hands-on training to 10 top government engineers, who will teach Haitian inspectors how to determine whether a property is safe to live …
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-haiti-damage9-2010mar09,0,7993219.story
9th Haiti Volunteer Freed; Returns to US
Christian Post
By Ethan Cole|Christian Post Reporter The ninth of ten American volunteers who were jailed in Haiti on child abduction charges was freed and landed in Miami …
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20100309/9th-haiti-volunteer-freed-returns-to-u-s/
Haitian president moves to shore up aid, new future
Washington Post
By Mary Beth Sheridan and William Booth With his country’s economy stalled, crops unplanted and a million people without homes, Haitian President René …
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/09/AR2010030903653.html
UN sees no security vacuum as US troops exit Haiti
Reuters
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations is confident there will be no security vacuum in Haiti as US and other foreign troops withdraw from the…
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6284Z120100309
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Donations for Chile Lag Far Behind Haiti Giving
Crosswalk.com
On the heels of an earthquake which devastated Haiti, a mammoth 8.8-magnitude earthquake shook Chile, killing at least 700 people. The quake was so massive, …
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/religiontoday/11627311/
Bill Clinton and George W. Bush put together team to oversee Haiti aid fund
Washington Post (blog)
12 earthquake that devastated Haiti. Clinton and Bush have tapped Gary Edson, who served as Bush’s deputy national security adviser and helped establish the …
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2010/03/09/BL2010030903473.html
In Haiti, Relief Groups Race Against Rain
Wall Street Journal
By MIRIAM JORDAN And JOSé DE CóRDOBA PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti— Hundreds of thousands of residents of the Haitian capital’s makeshift settlements remain to be …
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704145904575111893326623052.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines
Haiti Earthquake: Update from the UN on Recovery Efforts | UN Dispatch
By Mark Leon GoldbergThe top UN official in Haiti traveled to UN headquarters for the first time
in eight weeks and briefed the press on Haiti recovery efforts. Here are some (paraphrased) highlights from the briefing. You can watch for yourself via UN …
http://www.undispatch.com/haiti-earthquake-update-un-recovery-efforts
Food Aid Phase Over For Haiti, Focus Should Be On Jobs, Hurricane …
At their meeting on Wednesday, Haitian President Rene Preval is expected to ask President Barack Obama to stop food aid to Haiti, Reuters reports. “Preval told a news conference on Monday the aid could in the long term hurt the economy …
globalhealth.kff.org/Daily-Reports/2010/March/09/GH-030910-Haiti.aspx
Kids in Haiti refugee camps making kites – Boing Boing
By Mark Frauenfelder
Lawrence Downes of The New York Times says: “I was just in Haiti reporting on things there and found amazing makers: boys who make kites. Even in refugee camps, where there’s only tiniest scraps of stuff: plastic, sticks, thread.” …
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/03/09/kids-in-haiti-refuge.html
Since Haiti had an earthquake and is getting a lot of help; whats …
By admin
When Haiti had the earthquake it was all over the news! Now, that it happen in Chile, it doesn’t seem that it’s that important. I mean is there any help going.
http://www.5257.mobi/archives/3456.html
The Final Word On Haiti (Bicycles, Batteries and Generators…Oh My …
By Dave Chameides
Ok, I lied, it’s not the final word on Haiti, not that I could have that word anyway. After last week’s post, I had a few other thoughts (and a few things.
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/the-final-word-on-haiti-bicycles-batteries-and-generatorsoh-my.html
BBC News – Ban Ki-moon honours UN’s Haiti ‘heroes’
Ban Ki-moon pays tribute to the 101 UN staff who died in the Haiti quake, as President Preval seeks US support on boosting the economy.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8558880.stm
Decision expected on American missionaries in Haiti – CNN.com
A Haitian judge will decide Wednesday the fate of two American missionaries detained on suspicion of kidnapping 33 children after the devastating earthquake …
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/03/03/americans.detained/index.html
