The New Dark Age

8 February, 2010

US military plots difficult path in Haiti
Port-Au-Prince (AFP) Feb 7, 2010 – From an air-conditioned tent in what used to be a Port-au-Prince bus station, the mighty US military controls its 17,000 troops deployed to help Haiti’s earthquake relief, amid questions over how long they will stay. Colonel Gregory Kane paces across the tent, past rows of personnel – wearing various iterations of camouflage – who tap away at double-thick high-security laptops.

We gave them away say parents of ‘kidnapped’ Haitian kids
Callebasse, Haiti (AFP) Feb 7, 2010 – “I would like to give up my son again,” says Anchello Cantave, a farmer here, who willingly handed over his five-year-old to US missionaries now facing charges of child abduction in Haiti’s post-quake chaos. An hour outside of the devastated Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, Callebasse is a poor town set in the mountains, where a massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake on January 12 destroyed 50 home…

What will it take to rebuild Haiti?
Washington (AFP) Feb 7, 2010 – Even before cataclysm struck, Haiti was so impoverished and vulnerable that the term “rebuilding” could be considered optimistic. The small Caribbean nation relied on foreign aid to feed its population of nearly 10 million, half of them illiterate and half are under age 18. The near-complete deforestation of its hilly terrain made it especially vulnerable to the hurricanes that regularly swee…

Americans Held in Haiti Are Divided Over Leader
New York Times
By MARC LACEY and IAN URBINA PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Divisions emerged within the group of 10 Americans jailed in Haiti on child abduction charges, …
www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/world/americas/08haiti.html

Haiti protesters denounce aid corruption, hoarding
Reuters
Survivors of Haiti’s earthquake protest to demand food in an area known as Petion Ville in Port-au-Prince February 7, 2010. PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters)…
www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61703220100208

Wyclef Keeps Haiti in His Heart Amid Super Bowl
New York Times
(AP) — Wyclef Jean may be in Miami to party for the Super Bowl — but the singer says he hasn’t forgotten about the disaster in his homeland of Haiti. …
www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/02/07/arts/AP-US-Super-Bowl-Wyclef.html

Super Bowl’s big winner: Haitian relief
nwitimes.com
MIAMI | No matter what happened on the field on Sunday night, Haiti already won. The earthquake-devastated nation’s relief efforts received a boost every …
nwitimes.com/sports/football/professional/article_4402ab7f-a14e-508b-916b-6c87405e1a7d.html

THE Helping Haiti charity single […]
Mirror.co.uk
By 3am 8/02/2010 The Helping Haiti charity single topped the download charts last night after more than a million sales. Simon Cowell, behind the all-star …
www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2010/02/08/the-helping-haiti-charity-single-115875-22026611/

Super Bowl scene: Nuns in owner’s box; big hearts for Haiti
USA Today
By Greg Pearson, USA TODAY By USA TODAY staff MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Prior to the kickoff at Super Bowl XLIV, Grammy-winning artists Queen Latifah and Carrie …
www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2010-02-07-super-bowl-scene_N.htm

Group says agents want fees before releasing Haiti aid
USA Today
News-Press CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti — The members of the Cape Christian Fellowship felt their donations of baby food, diapers, toys and cribs would be welcomed in …
www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-02-07-haiti-aid_N.htm

Championship Colts gear ticketed for Haiti relief effort
Baltimore Sun
The Colts’ gear will be boxed up and sent to a distribution center near Pittsburgh for its eventual journey to Haiti. “We’ll ship it out tomorrow,” NFL …
www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/bal-haitishirts0207,0,6571038.story

Miley Cyrus Organizes Celebrity Online Auction for Haiti
People Magazine
By Michelle Tan Miley Cyrus has recruited her celebrity pals for a star-studded online auction to benefit earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. …
www.people.com/people/article/0,,20342291,00.html

Forgiving Haiti’s Debt – Truthdig
By editor@truthdig.com
2010/02/07 – Call it pity or call it sensible politics, the G-7 nations have together pledged to cancel $1.2 billion in debt that Haiti owes them, something Global South activists have been requesting for all developing countries—not …
www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/forgiving_haitis_debt_20100207/

1st play of The Sun’s charity single Everybody Hurts cheers Haiti …
LITTLE earthquake survivor Esterlino Neisco dances to The Sun’s spellbinding Helping Haiti single yesterday – as it looked certain to race to the top of the UK charts. The three year old was one of thousands on the stricken isle …
www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2843610/1st-play-of-The-Suns-charity-single-Everybody-Hurts-cheers-Haiti.html

Naomi Campbell To Help Haiti Through Fashion
Naomi Campbell will hold a Fashion For Relief event at the New York Fashion Week on February 12 to benefit Haiti earthquake relief. – Celebrity Charity News and Information.
www.looktothestars.org/news/3818-naomi-campbell-to-help-haiti-through-fashion

Haiti Earthquake – Why? The Story Nobody Has Told You!
I must begin by saying that for many years I pastored French-speaking congregations in Europe and Quebec, of which some were Haitians. my assistant pastor in Quebec City had been pastor of a church in Haiti. I stopped in Haiti on a …
www.actionnews22.com/haiti-earthquake-why-the-story-nobody-has-told-you/

OLPC for Haiti – OLPC
Haiti has been devastated by the recent earthquake. We are doing what we can to support the children and schools we work with there. …
laptop.org/haiti/

Venezuela rushes aid to Haiti | San Francisco Bay View
In Venezuela, solidarity with Haiti is based on humanistic and historical
reasons. Haiti played an important role in Venezuela’s battle for
independence, …
www.sfbayview.com/2010/venezuela-rushes-aid-to-haiti/