Medicine and Health

7 U.N. troops hurt, attacked by Haitians blaming foreigners for cholera epidemic

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – Protesters throwing rocks and bottles lashed out against the Haitian government and United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti’s second largest city Monday, venting fear and anger over a cholera epidemic that many Haitians believe came from foreigners. The national police and U.N. forces used tear-gas to disperse hundreds of angry demonstrators who tried […]

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Four candidates call for poll delay

Four candidates call for poll delay in cholera-hit Haiti: November 21, 2010 Four Haitian presidential candidates have called for postponing elections set for November 28 as the country struggles with a cholera epidemic that has claimed nearly 1,200 lives and protests targeting UN peacekeepers. Authorities have maintained that the election will not be postponed, but

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Cholera protesters barricade roads in Haitian capital

Cholera protesters barricade roads in Haitian capital: The Associated Press Published Monday, November 22, 2010 9:37PM EST PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Protesters in Haiti’s capital are lashing out at U.N. peacekeepers and the government, blocking roads and attacking foreigners’ vehicles. Demonstrators are setting up burning barricades, and Haitian police have fired tear gas. U.N. and non-governmental

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