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[19 Oct 2010 | Comments Off | ]

By Greg Botelho, CNN
A sud­den, unex­pected rain­storm has killed 10 peo­ple, includ­ing three chil­dren, in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, a United Nations spokes­woman said Tues­day.
Eight peo­ple, including …

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[21 Jul 2010 | Comments Off | ]

By Mark Schuller, Huff­in­g­ton Post
It’s about 7:30 local time as I write this. We’ll see if I can con­nect to the inter­net and post.
I just got off …

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[12 Jul 2010 | Comments Off | ]

By JONATHAN M. KATZ and MARKO ALVAREZ (AP)
CORAIL-CESSELESSE, Haiti — A sum­mer storm ripped through tents and sent solar-powered street­lights crash­ing down at the government’s …

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[12 Jul 2010 | Comments Off | ]

By Natha­nial Gronewald, Green­wire
UNITED NATIONS — Aid work­ers are still scram­bling to pro­vide shel­ter to mil­lions of Haitians made home­less by the earth­quake that leveled …

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[25 Jun 2010 | Comments Off | ]

By Emily Trout­man, AOL News

The inter­na­tional com­mu­nity dis­trib­uted 70,000 tents to earth­quake sur­vivors, but these makeshift shel­ters can­not with­stand Haiti’s heavy rains.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Hur­ri­cane season …

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