November 2010

Opposition leader back in Haiti for presidential bid

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (MCT) — Whenever an exiled Mirlande Manigat heard the sound of Haitian music, it made her heart ache. “I was just sick,” said Manigat, longtime opposition leader, wife of former President Leslie Manigat and now aspiring president. “I was obsessed with returning.” She did return, and today, Manigat, a grandmother and Sorbonne-educated university professor, […]

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Letters: False picture of foreign aid to Haiti

Letters: False picture of foreign aid to Haiti: ” The UN forces came to police the 92% of Haitian voters who had elected President Aristide and protested about his overthrow by a US coup. They were never ‘heroes’ – except to the elite ‘cocooned in luxury and indifference’ who backed the coup (Heroes to zeros,

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Haiti battles to control cholera epidemic as protests gain momentum

Haiti battles to control cholera epidemic as protests gain momentum: ” Unrest expected to worsen before next week’s election, with foreign peacekeepers blamed for introducing disease Violent protests against UN peacekeepers and Haiti’s government are disrupting efforts to control the cholera epidemic, with fears that unrest will worsen in the runup to next week’s election.

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Haiti’s cholera epidemic caused by weather, say scientists

Haiti’s cholera epidemic caused by weather, say scientists: ” SciDev.Net: The La Niña weather phenomenon plus the plunge in water and sanitation quality following January’s earthquake may be to blame for the outbreak Weather conditions — not UN soldiers — may have triggered Haiti’s cholera epidemic, which has killed more than 1,000 people in less

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Cholera epidemic continues to claim lives in Haiti

More than 1,300 people have died in Haiti from an outbreak of cholera. Efforts to control the epidemic have been disrupted by riots against UN peacekeepers, who are being blamed for the outbreak Tuesday 23 November 2010 12.00 ESTLast modified on Thursday 22 October 201508.45 ED The body of a person whose death was possibly caused by

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Opposition leader back in Haiti for presidential bid

Letters: False picture of foreign aid to Haiti

Haiti battles to control cholera epidemic as protests gain momentum

Haiti’s cholera epidemic caused by weather, say scientists

Cholera epidemic continues to claim lives in Haiti

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November 2010

Opposition leader back in Haiti for presidential bid

Letters: False picture of foreign aid to Haiti

Haiti battles to control cholera epidemic as protests gain momentum

Haiti’s cholera epidemic caused by weather, say scientists

Cholera epidemic continues to claim lives in Haiti

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