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Haiti: One Year After the Earthquake Killed Over 250,000

January 12, 2011

    January 9, 2011. By Roger Annis. Of all the commentaries and interviews coinciding with the anniversary of Haiti’s earthquake, none are likely to exceed in significance the interview granted by OAS Representative to Haiti, Ricardo Seitenfus, to the Swiss daily Le Temps on December 20. The critique he delivered to the newspaper...
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Haiti Earthquake #8: More Aftershocks Today in Port-au-Prince

January 20, 2010

January 20, 2010 Haiti Earthquake, #8 200,000 dead, 1.5 million homeless … and more aftershocks hit Haiti this morning Please encourage people to make tax-deductible donations to Rights Action and/or directly to the groups listed below Re-distribute this information all around To get on/off our list-serv: http://www.rightsaction.org/lists/?p=subscribe&id=3 WATCH NEWS REPORTS 0.43 second, TheRealNews report...
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Haiti Quake Toll May Be 200,000

January 18, 2010
Haiti Quake Toll May Be 200,000

BBC News The leading US general in Haiti has said it is a “reasonable assumption” that up to 200,000 people may have died in last Tuesday’s earthquake. Lt Gen Ken Keen said the disaster was of “epic proportions”, but it was “too early to know” the full human cost. Rescuers pulled more people alive...
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The West’s Role in Haiti’s Plight

January 18, 2010

  By Peter Hallward, January 14, 2010 [An earlier version of this article first appeared in the British Guardian. If we are serious about assisting this devastated land we must stop trying to control and exploit it. Any large city in the world would have suffered extensive damage from an earthquake on the scale...
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Haiti Earthquake #7: As Many as 200,000 Killed

January 18, 2010

January 18, 2010 Haiti Earthquake, #7 – ELDERLY AWAIT DEATH AT NURSING HOME Please read and re-distribute these Haiti Earthquake reports and encourage people to make donations to Rights Action and/or groups listed below. BELOW Article:  “Elderly await death at nursing home” Article:  “Haiti quake toll ‘may be 200,000′” Article:  “The west’s role in...
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