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The remaining two US missionaries to stay in Haiti jail at least until Tuesday

PORT-AU-PRINCE  Feb 27, 2010 Laura Silsby and Charisa Coulter, the two  U.S. missionaries still  in jail in Haiti  will not be freed at least until Tuesday.

French President Sarkozy visits Haiti, unveils major aid package

    PORT-AU-PRINCE Feb 18, 2010 French President Nicolas Sarkozy became France’s first head of state to visit Haiti, which is a former French colony. He announced an aid package of nearly half a billion dollars on Wednesday.

Haiti protesters denounce aid corruption, hoarding

PORT-AU-PRINCE Feb 8, 2010 Hundreds of Haitian earthquake survivors protested in a suburb of their wrecked capital on Sunday.

Fears for the sick as U.S. halts Haiti evacuations

PORT-AU-PRINCE Critically injured Haitian earthquake victims are no longer being flown by the U.S. military for treatment in the United States.  This has raised fears that some will die in a dispute over where to treat them and who should pay the costs.

U.S. officials said on Saturday they hadn’t yet found a way to renew the U.S.-run medical evacuations, which were halted earlier this week.

Haiti mourns its dead, govt ends rescue operation

PORT-AU-PRINCE Jan 24, 2010 Haiti mourned its dead on Saturday - hundreds gathered in a wrecked cathedral to honor those killed in the earthquake.

Prominent among the dead were Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot and Vicar General Charles Benoit.

Search-and-rescue teams have saved 132 people since the quake on Jan 12 .

Updates from Haiti on Monday

PORT-AU-PRINCE Jan 19, 2010 U.S. troops protected aid handouts and the United Nations sought extra peacekeepers in earthquake-shattered Haiti on Monday.

Marauding looters emptied wrecked shops. Meanwhile, desperate survivors began to receive medical care and air-dropped food.

US to send more troops to help Haiti quake victims; U.N peacekeeping force to increase strength

PORT-AU-PRINCE Jan 18, 2010 The U.S. Southern Command said some 2,200 Marines with medical aid,  helicopters and heavy equipment to clear rubble, would join some 5,000 U.S. troops already in the region. The US wants to have around  10,000  troops in the area to help with rescue operations.

Scenes from hell at Haiti hospital

PORT-AU-PRINCE  Jan 17, 2010 Four days after the major earthquake, there is still chaos in Haiti’s capital city.

U.N. to launch Haiti emergency appeal for $550 mln

GENEVA Jan 15, 2010 U.N. aid agencies will launch an emergency appeal for $550 million on Friday to help the survivors of the earthquake in Haiti.

Latest developments in Haiti after massive earthquake

PORT-AU-PRINCE Jan 15, 2010 Troops and planeloads of food and medicine streamed in to Haiti on Thursday to help the traumatized nation. The Haitian Red Cross said it believed 45,000 to 50,000 people had died and 3 million more were hurt or left homeless by the major earthquake.

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