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Ex-Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide appears in court, draws crowd
Miami HeraldAlong Rue Champ de Mars, he waved to cheering crowds from his slow-moving, police-escorted motorcade. And in Bel Air and St. Martin, gang-infested former strongholds overlooking the empty grounds of the razed presidential palace, he blew kisses from the...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Haiti, Religion and Belief, Radio
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Ex-Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in court
Miami HeraldHaiti's reclusive former president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, made a rare public appearance Wednesday, showing up at about 8:15 a.m. at the main Port-au-Prince courthouse to answer an investigative judge's summons. With hundreds of sympathizers, including...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Haiti, Radio Industry, Radio
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Haiti launches vaccination campaign against fatal childhood diseases
Miami HeraldA year after Haiti launched an ambitious vaccination campaign against several childhood diseases including measles and polio, the country announced Saturday a similar effort against tetanus, and a virus that causes severe, fatal diarrhea in children under...Tags: Measles, Tetanus, Diphtheria , Health Organizations, Preventative Medicine
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Haitian businessman wanted in U.S. is arrested in Dominican Republic
Miami HeraldA Haitian businessman wanted on drug trafficking charges in the United States was arrested Thursday at a luxurious hotel in the Dominican Republic. Rodolphe Jaar was arrested by agents from the Dominican Republic's anti-drugs enforcement agency at a...Tags: The Miami Herald, Dominican Republic, Drug Trafficking, Police Arrests, Prosecution
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The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn., John Beifuss column
Commercial AppealIf ambition, purpose and potential impact netted Oscars, "Girl Rising" might be the most honored film in Academy history. The documentary's mission is "to try and really move the needle on a global scale in empowering girls and women," said former...Tags: Human Interest, Sexual Assault, ABC (tv network), Entertainment, Frontline Limited
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South Windsor Haiti School
South Windsor High SchoolHaiti is one of the poorest countries in the world. In 2010, about 88% of their rural population was at poverty level after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck. Hundreds of thousands were killed and, as a result of the tragedy, people from all over the...Tags: Haiti Earthquake (2010), Arts and Culture, Windsor (Hartford, Connecticut), Haiti, South Windsor
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Beauty can be found - even in the destruction of Haiti
waynesboro@herald-mail.comA certain beauty exists even in the worst devastation and circumstances. Have no doubt: the conditions in Haiti, where I recently spent a week, are appalling. Yet, amidst the scenes that overwhelm your mind and break your heart, a quiet child will...Tags: Haiti, Religion and Belief
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Harris: Design for developing nations developing at IIT
Chicago architect Ann Clark is designing a boarding school that will sit in a saddle-shaped field of mostly beans in Grand-Bois, Haiti. Among the challenges: One side of the field slopes more than 25 degrees, and getting there is rougher than white-...
Tags: Dominican Republic, Arts and Culture, Haiti, Illinois Institute of Technology, Natural Disasters
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Broward mom pleads guilty to kidnapping daughter, keeping her abroad for year
A Broward County woman is facing federal prison time after pleading guilty to international parental kidnapping, admitting she abducted her 10-year-old daughter and took her to the Dominican Republic, where they hid out for more than a year. Darline...
Tags: Dominican Republic, Justice System, Punishment, Interpol, Crime, Law and Justice
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The Latest: A sad 'Farewell,' a colorful trek
"Farewell, Fred Voodoo" By Amy Wilentz Simon & Schuster; 329 pages Fred Voodoo, we learn from Amy Wilentz's candid new book, is not a person but an epithet — the Haitian equivalent, more or less, of Joe Average. Wilentz spent years in Haiti as...Tags: New York Yankees, Haiti Earthquake (2010), Sylvester Stallone, Awards and Prizes, Rocky Balboa (fictional character)
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Casey Anthony: It’s no fun being swept up in rumors
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelPeople remain fascinated by Casey Anthony, but it's no fun being engulfed in the rumors about her. Just ask People magazine writer Steve Helling. Some people think he's in the photo of Anthony dining out last week in Lake Worth. He is not. “I really... -
Professor's journey for a school is rich in life lessons
Special to the TribuneLaura Pincus Hartman stood before a congregation in a church just south of 75th Street, gazing at anticipatory faces. The pastor had just finished preaching an hour-long sermon from the Gospel of Mark about Jesus healing a woman. Hartman was about...Tags: Values, Human Interest, River North, Separation of Church and State, Abbott Laboratories
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