Haiti NewsNews on Haiti continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Rights groups attack U.S. for withholding Haiti aid money- June 23, 2008 An array of human rights groups has strongly criticized the United States government for withholding money meant to provide clean drinking water to Haiti as leverage for political change in the country.http://www.topix.net/world/haiti/2008/06/rights-groups-attack-u-s-for-withholding-haiti-ai... Voluntourism vacations- June 23, 2008 The most apprehension I have ever felt on a plane was a flight from Chicago to Miami.http://www.topix.net/world/haiti/2008/06/voluntourism-vacations?fromrss=1 India helps Haiti slum dwellers turn trash to cash- June 23, 2008 Haiti hits the headlines with its coups, rebellions, crushing poverty and food riots.http://www.topix.net/world/haiti/2008/06/india-helps-haiti-slum-dwellers-turn-trash-to-cas... Desperate Haitians weigh risks of escaping nation by sea- June 22, 2008 The long, thin keels of boats being built on a dirty sand beach resemble the spines of beached whales, wooden ribs jutting toward the sky.http://www.topix.net/world/haiti/2008/06/desperate-haitians-weigh-risks-of-escaping-nation... Book celebrates Haitian achievers- June 22, 2008 When Broward publisher Féquière Vilsaint set out to produce his newest title, he wanted a book that offered Haitian youth hope and inspiration.http://www.topix.net/world/haiti/2008/06/book-celebrates-haitian-achievers?fromrss=1 Haitian priest Gerard Jean-Juste cleared of ties to killing- June 21, 2008 The Court of Appeals in Haiti cleared The Rev. Gerard Jean-Juste, a Catholic priest who championed the plight of Haitian refugees, of all remaining charges in connection with a 2005 murderhttp://www.topix.net/world/haiti/2008/06/haitian-priest-gerard-jean-juste-cleared-of-ties-... UNICEF: Kids targets for all in unstable nations- June 21, 2008 More than 50 children have been abducted in Haiti since the beginning of the year, adding to a trend of kidnappings in countries affected by violence, according to a United Nations Children's Fund report.http://www.topix.net/world/haiti/2008/06/unicef-kids-targets-for-all-in-unstable-nations?f... Haiti lawmakers reject nominee for PM- June 18, 2008 PRINCE: Haitian lawmakers voted against President Rene Preval's nominee to become prime minister of the impoverished Caribbean nation on Thursday, in the second rejection of a candidate for the post in the past ...http://www.topix.net/world/haiti/2008/06/haiti-lawmakers-reject-nominee-for-pm?fromrss=1 Former AP Haiti correspondent Michael Norton dies- June 16, 2008 Michael Norton _ who spent nearly two decades covering Haiti's coups, rebellions and disasters for The Associated Press _ died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. He was 66.Norton chronicled the turmoil that followed former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier's ouster, spent almost a decade watching the rise and fall of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and wrote compelling accounts of Haiti's crushing poverty that has created a cycle of despair in the country.His wife said he died in...http://www.topix.net/world/haiti/2008/06/former-ap-haiti-correspondent-michael-norton-dies... Truth About Trade & Technology - Food Crisis Forces New Look at Farming- June 15, 2008 The Wall Street Journal By JOEL MILLMAN and ROGER THUROW Original Publish Date: June 10, 2008 Pont-Sonde, Haiti - Leonid Eustache coaxes a small rice crop out of his tiny plot here, but he could use some helphttp://www.topix.net/world/haiti/2008/06/truth-about-trade-technology-food-crisis-forces-n... |