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4 children killed in Haiti school collapse
At least four children have been killed and several injured after a school collapsed in the town of Cap-Haitien in northern Haiti.
Haiti PM: rebuilding could take 10 years
Four weeks after an earthquake shattered its capital, Haiti remains in a precarious situation with no clear idea of how to house 1 million people living in the streets, Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said on Tuesday.
Obama aunt to fight deportation for second time: report
NEW YORK — President Barack Obama's aunt, an illegal immigrant who has cared for his siblings, will fight in federal immigration court Thursday to avoid deportation, the Boston Herald reported.
US Military Chief Says Gay Ban Should Go
WASHINGTON—Adm. Mike Mullen, the nation's top uniformed officer, made a strong appeal for allowing gays to serve openly in the military, a shift that highlighted the Pentagon's growing support for lifting the "don't ask, don't tell" law.
10 American missionaries held after trying to take children out of Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- Ten American Baptists who tried to leave Haiti with 33 destitute children were stuck in legal limbo Monday, with Haitian and U.S. officials negotiating over whether the church members should be prosecuted in the United Sta...
US to resume mercy flights for critically injured Haitians
The United States will resume airlifting critically injured Haitian quake victims to American hospitals later today, after the military evacuations were stopped due to a bureaucratic dispute.
Haiti ends quake rescue operations
The Haitian government has declared an end to the search and rescue phase of the country's post-earthquake operations after deciding there is little hope of finding more people alive, the United Nations said today.
400,000 of Haiti's homeless to relocate
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian officials are planning a massive relocation of 400,000 people from makeshift camps to the outskirts of the capital as the U.S. government tackles repairs to the damaged main port — dual efforts to help residents sur...
UN: Children in Haiti at Risk of Being Trafficked
The United Nations Children's Fund warns children in earthquake stricken Haiti are at risk of being trafficked by unscrupulous adults. UNICEF says it is setting up so-called welcome centers where children, particularly unaccompanied children, can ...
Haiti earthquake: Miracle of three-week-old baby Eisabeth Joassaint pulled from rubble alive after a week
Swaddled in blankets and peacefully asleep, she is the greatest miracle to emerge from the Haiti earthquake.