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The concert will be organized by American actor Sean Penn to raise funds for the restoration of Haiti after the devastating earthquake in 2010 which killed more than 300,000 people and left more than 1.5 million homeless. Sean Penn made a stopover at...
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With FIFA's patience also appearing to run out, the federation finally revealed more Thursday about its dealings with Warner. The TTFF said it was aware that FIFA and South Korea's football federation had sent money for Haiti though it did not know how...
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrives with U.S. actor Sean Penn (2nd L, back) at Miraflores Palace in Caracas February 16, 2012. Penn is visiting Chavez to talk about Haiti's reconstruction plans. View Photo »
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Ryan McLendon: From a Tragic Gay Cruise to Spending Valentine's Day Alone and Happy
The Huffington Post
Periodically I'd wake up in my stateroom early in the morning and find myself face to face with the verdant rolling mountains adjacent to the soft, thin beach line of Labadee, Haiti. Later, I'd have rum cocktails delivered to my beach blanket...
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Years ago, Simmons and his wife, Belkis, signed a pledge to support two children in Haiti, a boy named Fednelson and a girl named Bedina. “We considered them our adopted children,” Simmons said. Then, on Jan. 12, 2010, a devastating earthquake hit...
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Robles, from the University of Portland, was drafted by D.C. United in 2007. He chose to sign with Kaiserslautern instead. United was allowed to maintain his MLS rights for two years. Robles’s only cap came in a 2-2 draw with Haiti in the 2009 CONCACAF...
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez talks to the media as he welcomes U.S. actor Sean Penn at Miraflores Palace in Caracas February 16, 2012. Penn is visiting Chavez to talk about Haiti's reconstruction plans. View Photo »
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An hour’s flight from Port-au-Prince, in the remote northern village of Deppe, another “dream home” stands complete, awaiting occupancy. This one too was built with money donated largely by Windsor-area people. Steve McDougall, chairman of...
About Haiti
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Haiti (Haïti in French; Ayiti in Haitian Creole; Hayti in nineteenth century English), officially the Republic of Haiti, occupies one-third of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. The country also includes many smaller islands such as La Gonâve, La Tortue (Tortuga), Les Cayemites, Île de Anacaona, and La Grande Caye. The uninhabited island of... Full Article
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 08: Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille participates in a news conference, at the National Press Club on February 8, 2012 in Washington, DC. Prime Minister Conille is on a three day official visit to Washington, and said that Haiti needs faster distribution...
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez talks to the media as he welcomes U.S. actor Sean Penn at Miraflores Palace in Caracas February 16, 2012. Penn is visiting Chavez to talk about Haiti's reconstruction plans.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (L) welcomes U.S. actor Sean Penn at Miraflores Palace in Caracas February 16, 2012. Penn is visiting Chavez to talk about Haiti recostruction plans.
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Amigal Enavier, 70, imprisoned for 8 years during Haiti's former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier regime leaves on a vehicle after giving a press conference in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. The appeals process for parties involved in the high-profile case...
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Danielle Magloire, center, coordinator of Haiti's Collective against Impunity, attends a press conference in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. The appeals process for parties involved in the high-profile case against former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier has begun, Haiti's...
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U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice attends a press conference during a U.N Security Council mission in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday Feb. 13, 2012. A 15-member delegation began the four-day mission on Monday to review the terms of its mandate in Haiti. The U.N. set up a...
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U.N. Security Council members attend a press conference in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday Feb. 13, 2012. A 15-member delegation of the U.N. Security Council began a four-day mission on Monday to review the terms of its mandate in Haiti. The U.N. set up a peacekeeping mission in Haiti...
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Houston Rockets' Samuel Dalembert, of Haiti, rear left, makes his way around Minnesota Timberwolves' Nikola Pekovic, of Montenegro, in the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in Minneapolis.
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A man, carrying two snakes on his head, parades during Carnival celebrations in Jacmel, Haiti, Sunday Feb. 12, 2012.
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A reveler paints his face before parading during Carnival celebrations in Jacmel, Haiti, Sunday Feb. 12, 2012.
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U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice visits a cholera treatment center in Tabarre, in the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday Feb. 16, 2012. Rice leads a delegation representing the U.N. Security Council that arrived for a four-day visit to meet with senior Haitian...
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