Port-au-Prince
Haitian evacuate after an explosion set off a fire that burned the Hyppolite Market on May 30, 2013, in Port-au-Prince. Two deaths have been reported in the explosion and subsequent fire. Witnesses said the explosion was caused by chemicals stored at the market, which had been restored after the 2010 earthquake.
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Sean Penn charity to sponsor Haitian runners
Relief Organization said Friday it will back the top three men and two women finishers running Sunday in a half-marathon in Port-au-Prince.An executive for the group says the decision to help the Haitians compete was inspired in part by an Associated Press Read more »
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Haiti hotelier: Aristide develops political party
Lavalas spokeswoman Maryse Narcisse told Radio Espace FM on Sunday that Aristide was planning to go.The visit to the downtown Port-au-Prince courthouse is almost certain to draw thousands of his supporters.Haiti was supposed to have held legislative and local Read more »
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Haiti: Preventing Cervical Cancer in Haiti: Local Providers Trained to Screen
this month at St. Luc's Manitane clinic, an affiliate of St. Damien's Hospital and long-time partner of Direct Relief in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Cervical cancer claims the lives of 270,000 women annually and 85 percent of these deaths occur in low-resource 1:10 AM from Humanitarian News Read more »
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Canada to send peacekeeping troops to Haiti
Canadian soldier carries supplies as troops arrive at a temporary medical centre in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in January 2010. A handful of Canadian troops are about to take part in peacekeeping operation in Haiti under the command of Brazilian forces. (Adrian 6/18/13 from CBC News Read more »
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Calder Library’s New Class Equips Emergency Responders with Vital Information Tools
emergency medical response to Haiti’s catastrophic 2010 earthquake, volunteers staffing UM’s tent hospital in Port-au-Prince had many questions about diseases and conditions they had never encountered before. Next time, they could have the answers, or at least 6/18/13 from UM Miller School of Medicine Read more »
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Cross-border markets halted as officials mull Haiti ban
Dominican Republic, on alleged bird flu. The halt comes as officials from both countries plan talks on lifting the ban that Port-au-Prince ordered citing concerns over alleged bird flu cases. Association Freddy president Freddy Morillo said the halt of all from Dominican Today Read more »
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Innocence Lost
in February 2010 after a major earthquake devastated the region. Dolls and toys lay in the rubble of a pediatric clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in February 2010 after a major earthquake devastated the region. Hinamatsuri dolls—traditionally displayed on from Wall Street Journal Read more »
