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Aceh reconstruction offers hope for Haiti Jakarta (AFP) Feb 7, 2010 
Despite the desolation wrought by last month's earthquake, Haiti can salvage hope for the future by looking at how the Indonesian province of Aceh rebuilt after the equally devastating 2004 tsunami.
From the flattened streets of the capital Port-au-Prince to the death toll of around 200,000, the situation in Haiti bears many similarities to the horrors experienced by Aceh after its quake-tri ... read moreCockfighting survives Haiti's earthquake devastation 
Port-Au-Prince (AFP) Feb 6, 2010The cockfighting must go on, even after earthquakes, so the roosters have been bathed, their claws sharpened, and they wait in cages in the red-carpeted ring, the crowd anxious and gripping cash. The referee has weighed them and announced their names - Doudou versus Zo La Plaine - and now he wants a moment of silence for prayer. Everyone stands, heads bowed. After a couple minutes, the ... more
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EU ministers call for common electric car strategy
US warns China against 'stillborn' climate deal Eastern US braces for more snow misery Snowbound US government freezes up on hot issues Homes evacuated as Los Angeles braces for storm Eastern US braces for fresh snow blitz Swift help urged for Haiti's crucial weather forecasters Amnesty demands halt to Vedanta's India mine plans Two dead as storms, floods hit Turkey's south: report China says it has 6,000 captive tigers 
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US military plots difficult path in Haiti
Port-Au-Prince (AFP) Feb 7, 2010 From an air-conditioned tent in what used to be a Port-au-Prince bus station, the mighty US military controls its 17,000 troops deployed to help Haiti's earthquake relief, amid questions over how long they will stay. Colonel Gregory Kane paces across the tent, past rows of personnel - wearing various iterations of camouflage - who tap away at double-thick high-security laptops. "What's ... more We gave them away say parents of 'kidnapped' Haitian kids
Callebasse, Haiti (AFP) Feb 7, 2010"I would like to give up my son again," says Anchello Cantave, a farmer here, who willingly handed over his five-year-old to US missionaries now facing charges of child abduction in Haiti's post-quake chaos. An hour outside of the devastated Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, Callebasse is a poor town set in the mountains, where a massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake on January 12 destroyed 50 home ... more What will it take to rebuild Haiti?
Washington (AFP) Feb 7, 2010Even before cataclysm struck, Haiti was so impoverished and vulnerable that the term "rebuilding" could be considered optimistic. The small Caribbean nation relied on foreign aid to feed its population of nearly 10 million, half of them illiterate and half are under age 18. The near-complete deforestation of its hilly terrain made it especially vulnerable to the hurricanes that regularly swe ... more Shock gives way to anger in post-quake Haiti 
Port-Au-Prince (AFP) Feb 5, 2010They ran up and down the street, the crowd slowly building to several hundred as more joined in, yelling for jobs, for schools to open and, most of all, for food. One shirtless man carrying a concrete block was frantic as he approached them, and the protesters, who said they had been living in a camp since losing their homes in last month's massive earthquake, seemed to welcome his call. ... more |
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WFP says 230 million dollars received for Haiti
Rome (AFP) Feb 3, 2010Countries, companies and individuals have promised more than 230 million dollars to the World Food Programme for its Haiti emergency operations, the UN agency said Wednesday. The WFP said in a statement that the extension of its mission in Haiti through 2010 will more than double the cost of the operation to more than 800 million dollars (570 million euros). WFP director Josette Sheeran ... more With Machu Picchu cut off, Peru fears tourism decline 
Lima (AFP) Feb 3, 2010Peru is facing fears of a tourism decline after heavy rains forced the evacuation of thousands of tourists stranded at Machu Picchu and cut access to the ancient Inca city high in the Andean mountains. The 15th century city perched around 2,500 meters (8,200 feet) above sea level is the most visited site in Latin America, a pillar of the Cusco region and the source of 90 percent of Peru's to ... more Nearly half a million have fled Haitian capital: UN 
Geneva (AFP) Feb 2, 2010Nearly half a million people have fled Port-au-Prince for the Haitian countryside following the devastating earthquake that destroyed the capital, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said 90 percent of the people leaving the capital for rural areas were staying with relatives, and supporting these host families was now a priority. ... more Armed men tried to hijack Haiti food convoy: UN 
Geneva (AFP) Feb 2, 2010Armed men attempted to hijack a UN food convoy at a road near Haiti's Jeremie airport, the UN said Tuesday, assessing that the situation in the quake-hit country is "stable but potentially volatile." "An incident was reported at the the Jeremie airport of an armed group attacking a food convoy; warning shots were fired," said the UN Bureau for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) ... more |
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