Sarah Palin visits crisis-hit Haiti: Sarah Palin says residents of refugee camp ‘are so full of joy’, during visit tightly stage-managed by Christian relief group. Earthquake. Cholera. Political strife. And now Sarah Palin. The former US vice-presidential candidate is visiting Haiti’s refugee camps on a mission variously described as bringing great comfort to the people […]
The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Haiti has leapt past 250. More than 3,000 people are infected, said Gabriel Thimote, director general of Haiti’s health department. Five cases of cholera were detected in the capital, Port-au-Prince, but UN officials said the patients had been quickly diagnosed and isolated. Officials say the disease is
Haitians go to polls marred by violence and allegations of fraud as cholera death toll rises
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 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
