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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Haiti stories: 44 news summaries

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 Gustav Kills 11, Weakens

Could strike US as Category 3

Aug 27, 08 11:09 AM CDT
(AP) - Thousands fled their homes as Hurricane Gustav triggered flooding and landslides that killed at least 11 people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti before weakening to a tropical storm, but forecasters said today that he still represents a major threat to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. They suggested... More »

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 Hurricane Gustav to Hit Haiti

Expected to make landfall later today

Aug 26, 08 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hurricane Gustav is expected to make landfall in Haiti later today, Bloomberg reports, buffeting a country already hard hit by Tropical Storm Fay earlier this month. Gustav was upgraded from a tropical storm earlier this morning, after strengthening over the Caribbean. The National Hurricane Center said that preparations should “... More »

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 Fla. Keys
 Unfazed by Fay

Residents dismiss storm that scares off tourists

Aug 18, 08 6:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tropical Storm Fay has scared off tourists but left laid-back Florida Key residents unconcerned, the AP reports. "We're not worried about it. We've seen this movie before," said one Floridian who was stocking up on food and whiskey today. The storm that killed at least eight in Haiti... More »

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 Fay May Hit Fla. as Hurricane

Tropical storm carries 50 mph winds

Aug 17, 08 6:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tourists were ordered to evacuate the Florida Keys this morning, as Tropical Storm Fay, which has already killed six in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, is expected to hit the Keys as soon as midnight tonight, the Miami Herald reports. With winds at 50mph and rising, Fay could be a... More »

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(AP) - Flooding from Tropical Storm Fay killed four people in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and authorities warned Saturday that the storm could reach hurricane strength as it barreled toward Cuba. Florida's Gov. Charlie Crist declared a state of emergency and said Fay threatened the state with a "major disaster.... More »

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Florida • Cuba • storm • Haiti • state of emergency

Haitians Turn to Mud Cakes to Fill Empty Bellies

Food price hikes push everything but dirt out of reach for Haiti's poor

Jul 29, 08 6:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Impoverished Haitians have been reduced to living off mud cakes, the Guardian reports. The cakes of clay and water—long eaten by poor pregnant women seeking calcium—are increasingly the only food many families can afford. The global fuel and food crisis has hit Haiti, and half the population is... More »

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hunger • Haiti • starvation • Caribbean • food shortage • malnutrition • food supply

 Haitian Senate Sacks
 Prime Minister 

Food riots spark ouster of president's close ally

Apr 13, 08 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amid skyrocketing food prices and deadly riots in Haiti, the country's senate has voted to oust Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis. President Rene Preval, who appointed his ally Alexis in 2006 to lead the country's coalition government, must now choose a new cabinet. The vote came in spite of a recently... More »

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United Nations • Haiti • no confidence • food prices • food riots • Rene Preval • Jacques-Edouard Alexis

 Haitians Protest as
 Food Prices Soar 

Capital shuts down as mob tries to storm presidential palace

Apr 9, 08 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hungry Haitians attacked the presidential palace yesterday, demanding the resignation of President Rene Preval over soaring food prices, Reuters reports. UN peacekeepers fired rubber bullets and tear gas to control the angry mob; a week of protests has killed five people and paralyzed the impoverished capital. “If we are... More »

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Haiti • protests • Caribbean • riots • food riots • Rene Preval

 Obama Inspires 
 Caribbean Serenade 

Candidate-themed calypso, reggae tunes hit YouTube

Mar 28, 08 5:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is inspiring tropical love songs, the Miami Herald reports, and the tunes—from Trinidad calypso king the Mighty Sparrow’s Barack the Magnificent to Jamaican reggae fixture Cocoa Tea’s Barak Obahama—are firing up YouTube. The songs are also a signal of the Illinois Democrat's popularity outside... More »

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Barack Obama • Cuba • Haiti • Trinidad • Caribbean • Obama Girl • reggae • calypso • The Mighty Sparrow • Cocoa Tea

Hillary Was Adviser, Not Decider

First Lady didn't handle intel but was a presidential sounding board

Dec 26, 07 4:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton spent her 8 years in the White House informally advising her husband and jetting around the world mediating social crises, the New York Times says, but the first lady had little direct experience with war or terrorism. She didn’t do “the heavy lifting of foreign policy,... More »

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China • Somalia • national security • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • human rights • Bill Clinton • Haiti • diplomat • foreign policy • Rwanda • Balkans • first lady

Caribbean Storm's Toll at 38

Tens of thousands homeless as UN scrambles for aid

Dec 15, 07 8:32 AM CST
(Newser) - The death toll from a violent storm that ripped through the Caribbean earlier this week has risen to 38 as flood waters recede and rescuers comb through the wreckage, the BBC reports. All but three of the deaths from Tropical Storm Olga were in the Dominican Republic, where tens of... More »

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Foreign Adoptions
Down 15%

US families adopt fewer kids abroad due to
strict new policies

Dec 2, 07 5:11 AM CST
(Newser) - US adoptions from abroad have sunk for the third straight year, mostly because China and Russia have tougher policies, AP reports. A drop in adoptions from Haiti and South Korea have also added to the 15% decline since 2004. But a spike in adoptions from Guatemala, Ethiopia, and Vietnam have... More »

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China • Russia • adoption • Vietnam • South Korea • Ethiopia • Haiti • baby • Guatemala • foreign adoptions

Noel Grazes Mass., Hits Canada

43,000 New Englanders lose power in winds up to 70 mph

Nov 4, 07 11:45 AM CST
(Newser) - New England was only hit with the remnants of Hurricane Noel, but that was enough to cut power for about 43,000 people, with winds howling up to 70 mph. Massachusetts felt the brunt of the storm, with Cape Cod and coastal communities suffering most of the outages. The storm... More »

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Miami • Haiti • Massachusetts • National Hurricane Center • Caribbean • hurricane • Dominican Republic • Hurricane Noel • Cape Cod

Hurricane Noel Toll Hits 108

Furious storm slammed Caribbean, but is expected to spare Florida

Nov 2, 07 3:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tropical storm Noel was upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane last night, and has claimed 108 lives, making it the deadliest Atlantic storm this year. The island of Hispaniola suffered nearly all the fatalities, with 66 reported in the Dominican Republic and 40 in Haiti, most of them in or... More »

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Cuba • Haiti • tropical storms • hurricane • Dominican Republic • Bahamas • Tropical Storm Noel • Hurricane Noel • Port au Prince

Noel Kills 81; Surges to Bahamas

Bahamas brace for storm as Noel gathers strength

Nov 1, 07 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Children were torn from parents' arms by surging floodwater as Tropical Storm Noel continued to drench Hispaniola yesterday and churned toward the Bahamas, where it may reach hurricane strength when it makes landfall today. Flooding and mudslides in the Dominican Republic and Haiti pushed the death toll in the region... More »

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Noel Deaths and Damage Mount

59 dead in the Caribbean as the storm takes aim at the Bahamas

Oct 31, 07 2:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - The death toll from Tropical Storm Noel rose to 59 in the Caribbean today, with the storm moving on from Cuba and headed towards the Bahamas, the Miami Herald reported today. The Dominican Republic's government reported 41 dead with 20 more missing, and Haitian authorities, who had previously reported no... More »

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Weaker Noel Soaks Cuba

Storm will hit Bahamas next, probably miss Florida

Oct 30, 07 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tropical Storm Noel hit Cuba today as its rains kept drenching the Dominican Republic and Haiti, CNN reports. The ex-hurricane's 40 mph winds and 5 to 15 inches of rain are expected to stay over Cuba tonight before moving north tomorrow. Forecasters say the storm will likely miss the US,... More »

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Florida • Atlantic Ocean • Cuba • storm • Haiti • hurricane • Dominican Republic • Topical Storm Noel • Hurricane Noel

AIDS Came to US From Haiti Years Before It Was ID'd: Study

'Unnerving' how long it existed 'below radar'

Oct 30, 07 4:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The AIDS virus reached America through Haiti, not directly from Africa, and far earlier than has been suspected—the 1960's, not the early 1980's, researchers have discovered. Scientists analyzed 25-year-old blood samples and used what they know of the virus' mutations to construct a rough timeline of the progression of... More »

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AIDS • disease • HIV • United States • Haiti • epidemic • virus

Tropical Storm Noel Kills 20

After slamming Haiti and Dominican Republic, heads for Cuba, Bahamas

Oct 29, 07 6:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tropical Storm Noel slammed into the Dominican Republic today with torrential rain and mudslides, leaving 20 people dead and another 20 missing. Noel was expected to drop as much as 20 inches of rain on Hispaniola, the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, before heading northwest toward the... More »

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Dean Makes Landfall in Mexico

Storm that rattled Caribbean arrives in the Yucatán

Aug 21, 07 4:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The ferocious Hurricane Dean struck Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula early this morning as it moved west from Jamaica. Winds of over 160mph, above the threshold for a Category 5 storm, are expected to batter seaside towns and tourist destinations on the Maya Riviera. Mexican officials have evacuated local residents, oil... More »

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Mexico • storm • Jamaica • Haiti • hurricane • Hurricane Dean • St. Lucia • Dominican Republic • Yucatan Peninsula • Dominica

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