The New Dark Age

16 January, 2010

Wyclef Jean’s Yele Haiti Foundation under fiscal scrutiny
Washington Post
By Susan Kinzie By Friday morning, just days after the earthquake hit, Wyclef Jean’s Yele Haiti Foundation had raised more than $1.5 million. …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/15/AR2010011504024.html

Haiti holds a special place in the hearts of Bill and Hillary Clinton
Washington Post
By Philip Rucker When Bill Clinton married Hillary Rodham in 1975, a friend gave them a trip to Haiti. Since that honeymoon vacation, the Caribbean island …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/15/AR2010011503820.html?hpid=topnews

Desperate Americans wait and plead to exit Haiti
Washington Post
By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU AP PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Cradling babies and limping on crutches, hundreds of Americans waved their passports in the air and …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/15/AR2010011503837.html

Companies Send Aid to Haiti
Wall Street Journal
By CHRIS HERRING and DANA MATTIOLI Corporations rushed to send millions of dollars in aid and supplies to Haiti as the quake’s death toll climbed Friday. …
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703657604575005470647203304.html?mod=WSJ_Small+Business_sections_management

France proposes strategies for building Haiti’s future after earthquake
Washington Post
Yet Haiti continues to rally against all odds, with amazing courage. And Haiti is not alone. The international community has launched a major mobilization, …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/15/AR2010011503765.html

US to change illegal Haitian immigrants’ status
Los Angeles Times
“At this moment of tragedy in Haiti it is tempting for people suffering in the aftermath of the earthquake to seek refuge elsewhere,” Napolitano said in a …
www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-haiti-refugee16-2010jan16,0,7757504.story

UN launches Haiti earthquake relief appeal
BBC News
The UN has launched an appeal for $562m (£346m), to help victims of Tuesday’s devastating earthquake in Haiti. UN humanitarian chief John Holmes said the …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8462796.stm

Tiger Woods Plans to Help With Haiti Relief Efforts
FOXNews
14: Young men stand watch as another digs through debris in the shattered Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. Tensions are rising as aid slowly filters in. …
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583161,00.html

Prospective parents grow more worried about Haiti’s orphans
Washington Post
But many of Haiti’s orphanages, which include 177 official government-approved facilities and 200 or so ad hoc groups providing care, remain unaccounted for …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/15/AR2010011503819.html

Aid expected to reach Haiti by land via Dominican Republic
Xinhua
15 (Xinhua) — International relief aid is expected to reach Haiti by land via the Dominican Republic as air transport is jammed, reports said Friday.…
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/16/content_12819594.htm

Haiti: News roundup, new satellite images, tweets from the ground …
By Xeni Jardin
Ann Curry’s report on NBC about the horrific suffering of children in Haiti, even the lucky ones who have been rescued and are receiving medical treatment. The video is hard to watch. (screengrab above: a child receiving surgery without …
www.boingboing.net/2010/01/15/haiti-news-roundup-n.html

Is the U.S. Doing Enough for Haiti? – Room for Debate Blog …
By By THE EDITORS
Experts discuss America’s obligations in the aftermath of the earthquake.
roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/is-the-us-doing-enough-for-haiti/

Evelyn Leopold: HAITI GETS WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER
By Evelyn Leopold
UNITED NATIONS – Roads are jammed with the homeless sleeping under open skies. The promised food, water and medicine are slow in reaching them.
www.huffingtonpost.com/evelyn-leopold/haiti-gets-worse-before-i_b_425517.html

Latest Updates on Rescue and Recovery in Haiti – The Lede Blog …
By By ROBERT MACKEY
On Friday The Lede is continuing to supplement reporting by our colleagues in Haiti on the aftermath of Tuesday’s earthquake by pointing to news and information on other Web sites.
thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/latest-updates-on-rescue-and-recovery-in-haiti/

Rush Limbaugh ‘meant’ what he said about Haiti – Andy Barr …
By Andy Barr
Had said Obama was trying to score political points.
www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31539.html

Haiti Earthquake Appeal: Emergencies – :: Oxfam GB
A major earthquake has struck Haiti just ten miles from the capital city of Port -au-Prince. Local officials are reporting a catastrophe of major proportions …
www.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam_in_action/emergencies/haiti-earthquake.html

Haiti – day note – Kotaku
I considered some Haiti stories to write for Kotaku, reached out to some people in game development with Haitian roots to get their thoughts on the…
kotaku.com/5449510/haiti