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Haiti council: Wyclef Jean can't run for president
August 20, 2010 | KXTV - News Local
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- A spokesman for Haiti's electoral council says it has ruled that hip hop artist Wyclef Jean cannot run for president of the Caribbean nation....

3- D technology comes into' play' in UCD quake study
August 13, 2010 | KXTV - News Local
DAVIS, CA - While the world saw the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake one way, geologists at the... Data from the Haiti and Mexicali earthquakes are giving scientists a...

RAND report: Haiti must clear rubble, aid businesses, fix
August 13, 2010 | KXTV - News Local
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- A U.S.-based think tank is... The RAND Corp. report released Friday ticks off a litany of problems, many of which predate the Jan. 12...

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Wyclef Jean Laments Failed Haiti Bid in Song
August 26, 2010 | WMAZ -
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean has a new song blasting Haitian officials for rejecting his presidential bid. It's the latest step in the...

UT students to volunteer at Gulf Coast RAM clinic
August 25, 2010 | WBIR -
a medical clinic in Haiti. In past years, the authors have visited the campus to speak to students, but this year, university leaders decided to go one step further by...

A Henrietta life lived for those who need help
August 24, 2010 | Democrat & Chronicle
You would think that might desensitize us, but when the Haiti earthquake struck, almost everyone I know donated, posted Haitian charities on Facebook pages or even hopped a...

New U. N. position puts Purdue professor at heart of Haiti
August 22, 2010 | Journal and Courier Online
The context is that the Haiti earthquake has accelerated the growth of the U.N. Disaster Risk Program and with other funding agencies.... It is a multihazard program. It will...

Humanitarian Clooney wins Hope Award
August 24, 2010 | Cincinnati.Com
The Oscar-winning actor organized telethons after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Hurricane Katrina and the Haiti earthquake. He also has advocated stopping genocide in Darfur,...

Purdue researcher: Newly found fault caused Haiti quake
August 14, 2010 | Palladium-Item
The devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti in January was unleashed by a previously undetected fault line -- not the well-known one scientists initially blamed, according to an...

Group brings hope, supplies to Haitians
August 26, 2010 | CourierPostOnline
Frank and Leslee Jacobs were well aware of Haiti's problems before a devastating earthquake struck the tiny island nation in January. But after listening to a speaker talk about...

Scientists: Newly found fault caused Haiti quake
August 14, 2010 | Jackson Sun
The first sign that the Enriquillo fault might not be to blame in the Haiti quake came when geologists did not find any surface disturbance along the east-west fault. Instead,...

U. S. has stake in shoring up Pakistani aid
August 18, 2010 | KSDK-TV -
The number of people suffering from the flooding exceeds the total of those affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake,...

Pearl River Rotary does much good
August 26, 2010 | THE JOURNAL NEWS
The club also brought a child from Haiti to America for open heart surgery under the Gift of Life Program and recently donated $4,000 to the Muscular Dystrophy Association so...

Resources • How to help

Donate: American Red Cross' International Response Fund - You can make a donation through the American Red Cross' International Response Fund, and it will be allocated specifically for Haiti relief efforts.

Donate: United Nations World Food Program - The United Nations World Food Program has teams "already on the scene, mobilizing emergency food assistance to families."

Donate: Action Against Hunger - Action Against Hunger has mobilized an emergency response and has teams already on the ground, assessing and responding to needs.

Donate: Project HOPE - Project HOPE, which provide medical supplies and health care services to those in need, is seeking donations for their aid efforts in Haiti

Donate: Yele - Yele, an organization set up by musician Wyclef Jean, a native Haitian.

Donate: Mercy Corps - Mercy Corps has a way for you to donate your money straight to their efforts in Haiti, and Unicef also has a donation site set up

Donate: Operation Blessing International - Operation Blessing International also has disaster relief teams on the way. A donation of $50 or more will bring emergency food, water, medicine and more to the quake victims

For missing U.S. citizen family members - Call call 1-888-407-4747 or provide information via email.

Locate missing relatives - Managed by the ICRC, in cooperation with the tracing services of the Haitian Red Cross Society and of National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the Family Links website aims to help restore contact between separated family members.

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Pella girl's Haiti orphanage to be aired on ABC
August 23, 2010 | DesMoinesRegister.com
“ Good Morning America” plans to air a segment Tuesday morning about the Haiti orphanage from which a Pella couple plucked their daughter after the January earthquake...

Desperation in Pakistan | Editorial
August 23, 2010 | Blogs at the Democrat and Chronicle
The floods in Pakistan are worst than the horror of the earthquakes in Haiti, Katrina and the Tsunami of a few years ago. Help out: http://bit.ly/c5mnxn So just how bad is it?...

Meet a real- life trauma nurse
August 18, 2010 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Serving on state and federal Disaster Medical Assistance Teams has also allowed her to use her skills around the world, most recently in Haiti. Q. For what disasters have...

The Buzz: News quiz, August 18
August 17, 2010 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Haiti. b. Meat. c. The media's fascination with her celebrity status. d. North Dakota Gurls. SCORECARD Answers: All (b). 5 correct:...

Some sensed trouble before Pella drownings
August 16, 2010 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Chrispin, who had moved from Haiti to Kansas City this year, wanted to get better at basketball, said his pastor in Kansas City, John Mark Clifton. Sanon played football....

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After the Hurricane, Quake, & Floods, Robin Roberts has it Covered
August 22, 2010 | TVNewser
Robin Roberts begins a weeklong series called'' Road to Recovery'' with a look at progress being made in Haiti, six months after the devastating earthquake. Her reports from...

Why Does not the World Care About Pakistanis?
August 25, 2010 | digg
After the Haiti earthquake, about 3.1 million Americans using mobile phones donated $10 each to the Red Cross, raising about $31 million. A similar campaign to raise...

Miss Universe Recap
August 23, 2010 | Power Line
Indonesia, Brazil, Venezuela and Haiti did not make the top 15, either. Some would say that the swimsuit competition is the best fifteen minutes in television. Tonight I...

Generous donations stream from wealthy Islamic nations to their desperate brethren...
August 17, 2010 | Jihad Watch
With 20 million people affected by the floods, the disaster has touched the lives of more people than the Haiti earthquake earlier this year, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, and...

After Haiti Quake, the Chaos of U. S. Adoptions
August 04, 2010 | NYT > Home Page
Washington responded to the disaster in Haiti by lifting visa requirements, and some safeguards were ignored. ...

Wyclef Jean: I'm not giving up my bid for prez yet
August 22, 2010 | ReviewJournal.com
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean said Sunday that he is not abandoning his presidential bid just yet and will try to get the courts to overturn a decision...

Pakistan flooding: Aid officials note'' the absence of substantial commitments from...
August 12, 2010 | Jihad Watch
Ten days after the Haiti earthquake, $495 had been committed for each person affected. Aid officials have also noted the absence of substantial commitments from the Gulf states...

Wyclef Jean's Presidential Run, the Remix Edition [ Appeals ]
August 22, 2010 | Gawker
On Friday, Haiti's electoral committee disqualified New Jersey resident Wyclef Jean from running for president, and he issued a statement saying,'' I respectfully accept the...

Despite' all that money,' more than 1 million Haitians remain displaced by January...
August 21, 2010 | Wash Post Print Edition
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- Immacula Pierre had a question. Why, she wanted to know, are she and 50,000 other homeless Haitians still living in a squalid tent city on the Champ de...

Wyclef Officially Out of Presidential Race, More Time for' Charity' [ Rejections...
August 21, 2010 | Gawker
New Jersey resident Wyclef Jean was rejected late yesterday by Haiti's electoral council in his bid to become president of Haiti. Though Jean is bowing out with'' a heavy heart...

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