Haiti Newslinks 7 February, 2010

7 February, 2010

US military vows indefinite stay in Haiti
Press TV
However, the presence of the US military has infuriated some Latin American countries including, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba and Ecuador. …
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=118037&sectionid=351020706

Protect Haitian orphans
Salt Lake Tribune
The attempt by Baptist missionaries from Idaho to spirit 33 Haitian kids across the border into the Dominican Republic on Friday may have been …
www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_14343455

G-7 Forgives Haiti Bilateral Debt,Calls For Multilateral Debt Relief
Wall Street Journal
Flaherty also called for Haiti’s multilateral debt to be forgiven as soon as possible. “Debt should not be an additional burden,” as the country aims to …
online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100206-700702.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines

Bill Clinton plans no coup in Haiti
Los Angeles Times (blog)
Clinton, a Democrat who was term-limited out of US office in 2001 after eight years, runs two foundations in Haiti, is the special United Nations envoy to …
latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/02/bill-clinton-haiti.html

WI Business Owner Dies Helping Haiti
WKBT
A Wisconsin business owner is dead after a helicopter involved in Haiti aid efforts crashed into a Dominican Republic mountain on Thursday. …
www.wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=11946332

Earthquake-rattled Haitians at US colleges worry: stay in school or return to …
Los Angeles Times
NEW YORK (AP) — Every payday, Jeff Paul sent whatever dollars he could spare to his mother and little brother back home in Haiti. They’ve become even more …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-haiti-earthquake-students,0,3335862.story

Hope For Haiti Benefit Relief Gala
WXXA
In Latham, the capital region came together to raise much needed money for the people of Haiti. 100% of the proceeds from the Hope for Haiti Benefit Relief …
www.fox23news.com/news/local/story/Hope-For-Haiti-Benefit-Relief-Gala/ql-YEtkvBEiTVO2FzffS0w.cspx

Haiti single available for download
The Press Association
A star-studded charity cover of REM’s Everybody Hurts is available for download to raise money for Haiti earthquake victims. Under the guidance of X Factor …
www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gORs_jQ3fFuhu33LfuzDdBgDfkjA

Dallas-area CEO heads to Haiti to make order out of chaos
Dallas Morning News
But he believed God had sent him to Haiti for a reason. “I guess it’s my gift, but it’s not really what I want my gift to be,” Roberts said one night, …
www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/020710dnmetceomike.3f72879.html

Lap Dances For Haiti? Ohio Strip Club To Donate To Relief Efforts
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Marilyn’s On Monroe, a nude dance club in downtown Toledo, Ohio, is raising money to send to the Haiti relief efforts, CNN reports, though they’re not yet sure which organization will receive their donations.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/06/lap-dances-for-haiti-ohio_n_452273.html

Conrad Black: A plan for Haiti – Full Comment
By NP Editor
Here at Full Comment, you’ll find an eclectic mix of commentary on news, politics and pop culture — plus the occasional dig at a Star or Globe pundit who’s gone off the rails.
network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/02/06/conrad-black-a-plan-for-haiti.aspx

Dissident Voice : Haiti and Media Censorship
By William Blum
This meant that Haiti would continue to be the assembly plant of the Western Hemisphere, with its workers receiving starvation wages, literally. If Aristide had thoughts about breaking the agreement forced upon him, he had only to look …
dissidentvoice.org/2010/02/haiti-and-media-censorship/

BBC News – Haiti ‘orphans’ case: Misunderstanding or kidnap?
Were the Americans suspected of smuggling Haitian children abroad simply misguided or was there a darker side in the case, asks the BBC’s Rupert …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8490515.stm

Americans arrested taking children out of Haiti | Reuters
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haitian police have arrested 10 U.S. citizens caught trying to take 33 children out of the earthquake-stricken country in a …
www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60T23I20100130

Numbers tell stories of horror, heroism in Haiti – CNN.com
Two weeks after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti, the numbers have mounted. The numbers tell stories of death and destruction, …
www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/26/haiti.by.the.numbers/index.html

Case Stokes Haiti’s Fear for Children, and Itself – NYTimes.com
The Americans who were detained late Friday at the Dominican border with 33 children struck a deep emotional chord in Haiti.
www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/world/americas/02orphans.html

Baptist group denies trafficking in Haitian kids – Haiti …
The director of the charity now watching 33 Haitian children that a church group had tried to leave Haiti with tells NBC that one child says she still has …
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35162046/ns/world_news-haiti_earthquake/

Medical Flights From Haiti Slow for Sick Kids
Frances Robles, The Miami Herald: “Bureaucratic paperwork is delaying medical flights from Haiti to the United States and is endangering children wounded in the earthquake, doctors say.”
messenger.truthout.org/ss/link.php?M=239627&N=507&C=76a196c220c6b4abf0e0378da6549ca1&L=4164

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