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As Help Scales Up,
So Does Haiti's
Nightmare

Jan 19, 2010 5:11 AM CST

As Help Scales Up, So Does Haiti's Nightmare

Survivors increasingly desperate for aid

(Newser) - The staggering scope of Haiti's nightmare came into sharper focus yesterday as authorities estimated 200,000 dead and 1.5 million homeless in the quake-ravaged heart of this tragic land. In one step to reassure frustrated aid groups, the US military agreed to give aid deliveries priority over military flights...

What Rebuilding Haiti Will Mean

Jan 19, 2010 4:45 AM CST

What Rebuilding Haiti Will Mean

Debt relief, housing quality, and a better government are key

(Newser) - World leaders have vowed to rebuild Haiti's infrastructure into something better than it was before; the Independent takes a look at what this would mean in practice:

Higher-quality housing: Haiti has no building codes; international donors should insist the new dwellings their funds build for those left homeless in the

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Evacuation Splits
Haitian-American Families

Jan 19, 2010 4:37 AM CST

Evacuation Splits Haitian-American Families

Mixed citizenship means some family members are left behind

(Newser) - America's effort to get its stranded citizens out of Haiti has created a terrible dilemma for the many Haitian-American families with mixed citizenship. Anybody with a US passport can proceed to Port-au-Prince's airport for immediate evacuation, but family members without American passports must be left behind. Around 3,000 Americans...

Bill Clinton Visits Haiti

Jan 18, 2010 7:54 PM CST

Bill Clinton Visits Haiti

Ex-president, Chelsea tour Port-au-Prince hospital

(Newser) - Bill Clinton visited Port-au-Prince today, touring a hospital and praising the Haitian people as "heroic." The former president, who is also a UN special envoy to Haiti, helped deliver medicine and other supplies. "I'll be surprised and disappointed if 48 hours from now we're not feeding and...

Wyclef Jean
Tearfully
Defends
Charity

Jan 18, 2010 5:17 PM CST

Wyclef Jean Tearfully Defends Charity

Musician denies using organization to pay himself

(Newser) - Wyclef Jean defended his Yele Haiti charity against accusations of fraud today, crying as he spoke in Creole. "Did I ever use Yele money for personal benefits? Absolutely not," the singer told reporters. The revelation that the charity paid $250,000 for services provided Telemax, a Haitian television...

Haiti Recalls 9/11 for Rescuers

Jan 18, 2010 3:20 PM CST

Haiti Recalls 9/11 for Rescuers

But scale of destruction shocks even disaster veterans

(Newser) - The New York Task Force has seen a lot—it has worked to save people at Ground Zero after 9/11, in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, and now in Port-Au-Prince after last week's earthquake. For these seasoned rescuers, the experience of saving people from disaster doesn't change that much from...

Haitians:
'We Didn't
Feel Like We
Had a Gov't'

Jan 18, 2010 8:08 AM CST

Haitians: 'We Didn't Feel Like We Had a Gov't'

Shy President Préval has been largely MIA since quake

(Newser) - Since Haiti was devastated by last Tuesday's earthquake, the country's president has been so invisible that many Haitians are wondering whether they have a government at all. Haitian officials say the government of President René Préval is too incapacitated to take any public role, but longtime politician Préval...

In Ravaged Haiti,
Cruise Ships
Still Dock

Jan 18, 2010 7:44 AM CST

In Ravaged Haiti, Cruise Ships Still Dock

Passengers jet ski, sunbathe 60 miles from earthquake devastation

(Newser) - Despite the fact that the epicenter of Haiti’s deadly earthquake is just 60 miles away, cruise ships are still visiting private Labadee beach. Though Royal Caribbean defended its decision to dock Friday, some customers are “sickened,” the Guardian reports. “I just can't see myself sunning on...

Anger Erupts at
US Takeover
of Haiti Airport

Jan 18, 2010 6:49 AM CST

Anger Erupts at US Takeover of Haiti Airport

France, Brazil, Red Cross furious at flight diversions

(Newser) - The global relief effort in Haiti has devolved into a nasty power struggle, with countries and aid agencies furious at the US takeover of emergency operations. France, Brazil, which runs the UN peacekeeping operation in Haiti, Doctors Without Borders, and the Red Cross all lodged complaints after their aid shipments...

Earthquake Relief
a Hit With Tennis Stars

haiti earthquake

Jan 17, 2010 5:25 PM CST

Earthquake Relief a Hit With Tennis Stars

Federer throws together 'Hit for Haiti,' raises big bucks

(Newser) - Stars of the tennis universe got together today to hit a few—and raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for Haiti earthquake relief. Less than a day before the start of the Australian Open, Roger Federer threw together "Hit for Haiti," a slate of doubles matches enlivened by...

'Dear Pat Robertson, Leave Me Out of It. Best, Satan'

brilliant satire

Jan 17, 2010 5:04 PM CST

'Dear Pat Robertson, Leave Me Out of It. Best, Satan'

Letter to the editor on Haiti slur channels prince of darkness

(Newser) - Pat Robertson blames the Haiti earthquake on a "pact to the devil," but the prince of darkness is having none of it. At least that's the message of a letter to the editor of the Minneapolis Star Tribune that's quickly going viral. "If I had a thing...

'In Times of
Tragedy, the
US Steps
Forward'

barack obama

Jan 17, 2010 4:16 PM CST

'In Times of Tragedy, the US Steps Forward'

In Newsweek, president makes case for Haiti earthquake relief

(Newser) - The United States is pouring money and personnel into earthquake-devastated Haiti not just to help its own citizens or bolster an ally, but because "that is who we are," President Obama writes in explaining why the relief effort is vital. In times of crisis, "when we are...

Experts See Chance to Rescue Haiti From Failure

analysis

Jan 17, 2010 2:37 PM CST

Experts See Chance to Rescue Haiti From Failure

As relief funds flood in, opportunity to reform government arises

(Newser) - With conditions in Haiti worsening, some experts in international development see an upside: an opportunity for the physically fractured nation to reform its economy and even its notoriously corrupt government. "National disasters, as awful as they are, you want to seize those moments, use that awful, awful opportunity, to...

Bush, Clinton:
It's Not About Politics

HAITI RELIEF

Jan 17, 2010 12:14 PM CST

Bush, Clinton: It's Not About Politics

Former prezes underscore 'common humanity' in talk-show blitz

(Newser) - Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton continued their push for private fundraising for Haiti today, appearing side by side on five Sunday talk shows to emphasize the humanitarian crisis over partisanship. "I'd say now is not the time to focus on politics," Bush told Face the ...

Keep Haiti Donations Coming

BILL CLINTON, GEORGE W BUSH

Jan 17, 2010 6:53 AM CST

Keep Haiti Donations Coming

Former presidents see tremendous opportunity amid quake's devastation

(Newser) - Americans have a long track record of responding to disaster with overwhelming generosity, and the earthquake in Haiti has been no exception, write Bill Clinton and George W Bush in a New York Times op-ed. Amid the devastation, President Obama's chief fundraisers for the relief effort see incredible opportunity for...

Toll Could Hit 200K,
Says Haitian Official

Jan 16, 2010 1:03 PM CST

Toll Could Hit 200K, Says Haitian Official

Chaos continues in Port-au-Prince, but relief is trickling in

(Newser) - Relief workers in Haiti have collected tens of thousands of bodies so far, with no end in sight. "We anticipate there will be between 100,000 and 200,000 dead in total, although we will never know the exact number," the interior minister tells Reuters . If the high...

3 Presidents Team Up on Haiti

new website for donors

Jan 16, 2010 11:06 AM CST

3 Presidents Team Up on Haiti

Bill Clinton and George W. Bush join Obama at White House

(Newser) - President Obama said today that America "stands united" with the Haitian people as he thanked two former presidents for agreeing to help raise billions to rebuild the Caribbean nation. Obama met in the Oval Office with George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, and they announced a new website for...

UN Docs Flee Hospital
on Security Fears;
Sanjay Gupta Holds Fort

chaos in haiti

Jan 16, 2010 8:42 AM CST

UN Docs Flee Hospital on Security Fears; Sanjay Gupta Holds Fort

CNN medical correspondent left alone with patients

(Newser) - As fears of rioting and looting mount in a desperate Haiti, UN doctors and nurses at a Port-au-Prince field hospital were ordered to evacuate last night, leaving CNN's Sanjay Gupta and his camera crew to hold vigil over 25 earthquake victims. Gupta monitored the patients and stabilized some new arrivals...

Tiger Promises Haiti Donation

HAITI EARTHQUAKE

Jan 15, 2010 10:41 PM CST

Tiger Promises Haiti Donation

Embattled golfer's foundation won't confirm $3M, but plans relief

(Newser) - It might not be the $3 million Russell Simmons said it would be, but Tiger Woods indeed plans a donation for post-quake relief in Haiti. A rep for the embattled golfer’s foundation wouldn’t confirm the figure Simmons let slip yesterday on Twitter , but tells E! , “Our plan...

Obama Gives Illegal Haitians Temp Amnesty

Jan 15, 2010 8:21 PM CST

Obama Gives Illegal Haitians Temp Amnesty

Iowa rep objects: Deported, they could help with relief

(Newser) - President Obama today gave Haitians in the US illegally the OK to stay for 18 months under “temporary protective status” while the quake-devastated nation rebuilds. And while critics don’t see much daylight between that and a blanket amnesty, one Republican says if the illegal immigrants were sent home,...