Haiti's children on their own on shattered streets
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The children with no names lay mute in a corner of the General Hospital grounds Tuesday, three among thousands of boys and girls set adrift in the wake of Haiti's earthquake.
Nations:Mexico Activities:2010 Haiti Earthquake Source:(AP)
2010-01-26
Haiti's homeless plead for tents after earthquake
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The dusty soccer field lined with spacious tents is an oasis for earthquake survivors among Haiti's homeless sheltering in acres (hectares) of squalid camps.
Nations:Mexico Qatar People:Hillary Clinton Activities:2010 Haiti Earthquake Source:(AP)
2010-01-26
Haitians search for their dead: `I need the body'
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - In what's left of one family's home, in what remains of one destroyed neighborhood, Jean-Rene Lochard has retrieved the bodies of his mother, brother, sister-in-law and nephew, and buried them beside the ruins, one by one and with a priest's blessing.
Nations:U.S. Mexico People:Hillary Clinton Activities:2010 Haiti Earthquake Source:(AP)
2010-01-26
150,000 Haiti quake victims buried, gov't says
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The truckers filling Haiti's mass graves with bodies reported ever higher numbers: More than 150,000 quake victims have been buried by the government, an official said Sunday.
Nations:Mexico Activities:2010 Haiti Earthquake Source:(AP)
2010-01-24
Survivors flee Haiti capital; buried still saved
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - By boat or by bus, by bicycle and on foot along clogged and broken roads, earthquake survivors streamed away from this city and its landscape of desolation Friday and into Haiti's hinterlands and the unknown.
Nations:Mexico People:Leonardo DiCaprio Activities:2010 Haiti Earthquake Source:(AP)
2010-01-23
A week after Haiti quake, aid for all is elusive
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The world still can't get enough food and water to the hungry and thirsty one week after an earthquake shattered Haiti's capital. The airport remains a bottleneck, the port is a shambles. The Haitian government is invisible, nobody has taken firm charge, and the police have largely given up.
Nations:Brazil Mexico Denmark France People:Nicolas Sarkozy Activities:2010 Haiti Earthquake Source:(AP)
2010-01-19
Quake workers in Haiti rescue living, mourn dead
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - All rescuers saw of Saint-Helene Jean-Louis when they arrived at the collapsed University of Port-au-Prince building were the top of her head and her left hand.
Nations:Mexico U.S. People:Hillary Clinton Ban Ki-moon Activities:2010 Haiti Earthquake Source:(AP)
2010-01-16
Confusion fills skies after attempted bombing
CHICAGO - You are now free to move about the cabin. Or not. After a two-day security clampdown prompted by a thwarted attempt to bomb a jetliner, some airline officials told The Associated Press that the in-flight restrictions had been eased. And it was now up to captains on each flight to decide whether passengers can have blankets and other items on their laps or can move around during the final phase of flight.
Nations:Mexico Canada U.S. France People:Barack Obama Activities:2009 Christmas Bomb Case Source:(AP)
2009-12-27
School nurse shortage hampers swine flu response
SAN FRANCISCO - As schools grapple with a resurgence of swine flu, many districts have few or no nurses to prevent or respond to outbreaks, leaving students more vulnerable to a virus that spreads easily in classrooms and takes a heavier toll on children and young adults.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2009 Swine Flu Source:(AP)
2009-09-25
Cadbury rejects Kraft's $16.7 billion bid
LONDON - Kraft Foods Inc. on Monday proposed a 10.2 billion pound ($16.7 billion) takeover of Cadbury PLC, but the offer was immediately rejected by the British maker of chocolate, gum and candy.
Nations:India Brazil Mexico U.S. Russia Australia Source:(AP)
2009-09-07
Hurricane Bill grows to major storm, should miss U.S.
MIAMI (Reuters) - Hurricane Bill, the first of the 2009 Atlantic season, strengthened into a Category 3 storm on Tuesday with top winds near 125 miles per hour (205 km per hour), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
Nations:Mexico U.S. Canada Activities:2009 Hurricane Bill Source:(Reuters)
2009-08-18
Europe fast-tracking swine flu vaccine
LONDON - In a drive to inoculate people against swine flu before winter, many European governments say they will fast-track the testing of a new flu vaccine, arousing concern among some experts about safety issues and proper vaccine doses.
Nations:U.K. Sweden France Greece Activities:2009 Swine Flu Source:(AP)
2009-07-26
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