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Two years after Haiti earthquake, bitter memories mix with hope

By Marleine Bastien

8:32 PM on 01/12/2012

OPINION - Marleine Bastien recalls the day two years ago when the devastating earthquake in Haiti changed her community's lives forever...
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BP pushes black faces to forefront of mea culpa ad campaign

By Monica Land

3:42 PM on 01/10/2012

theGRIO REPORT - Since their unprecedented environmental disaster on the Gulf Coast nearly two years ago, BP Oil has been on a major course of damage control to restore their image...
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Many leaving Haiti's quake settlement camps

By theGrio

3:47 PM on 04/01/2011

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Large numbers of Haitians are leaving the dirty, overcrowded camps that sprang up after last year's earthquake, some lured away by financial incentives...
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Mom sheltering child dies as tornado hits La. town

By theGrio

3:49 PM on 03/07/2011

NEW ORLEANS - When the tornado hit this Louisiana town, Jalisa Granger was instinctively sheltering her child from the sudden, fierce winds...
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Where should Haiti go from here?

By Garry Pierre-Pierre

2:37 PM on 01/12/2011

OPINION - Rebuilding would not be an easy task by any yardstick, but the bold leadership that it requires has not materialized...
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A day in the life of Haiti's tent camps

By Mara Schiavocampo

10:00 AM on 01/12/2011

theGRIO VIDEO - Junior Dolce's day begins before dawn as the tent city in Petionville -- one of the largest in Port-au-Prince -- begins to stir with life...
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Slideshow: Devastation in Pontchartrain

By theGrio

4:52 PM on 08/26/2010

SLIDESHOW - The oldest planned African-American middle class community in New Orleans, sustained some of the deepest flooding during the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe in 2005...
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Obama to do everything 'humanly possible' on oil spill

By theGrio

5:10 PM on 05/02/2010

VENICE, La. (AP) - No remedy in sight, President Obama on Sunday warned of a "massive and potentially unprecedented environmental disaster"...
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Obama renews support for Haiti, warns that 'dire' crisis isn't over

By theGrio

4:37 PM on 03/10/2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama said the challenge now is "to prevent a second disaster" with the start of the rainy season...
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Haiti PM: Gov't to take land for temporary camps

By theGrio

4:43 PM on 02/19/2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) - Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive says the Haitian government will appropriate land to build temporary camps for earthquake victims...
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Haitians hold day of mourning on quake anniversary

By theGrio

9:19 AM on 02/12/2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE(AP) - In many of the outdoor camps, trucks with loudspeakers blast evangelical music while missionaries talk to families under tarps...
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Reporter's notebook: Haiti remains resilient

By Mara Schiavocampo

9:19 AM on 01/26/2010

DISPATCH - It will take years before things really return to normal, whatever that means after a crisis like this...
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Why we can't afford a Haiti hiatus

By Rodrigue Vital

8:42 AM on 01/25/2010

OPINION - It's important for people to keep an eye on what's happening in Haiti because Haiti has been neglected and suffered for too long...
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Haitian government says 150,000 confirmed dead in capital alone

By theGrio

11:02 AM on 01/24/2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) - Experts say chances are slim that more survivors will be found in that debris, although rescuers pulled a man buried for 11 days in the wreckage on Saturday...
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Haiti quake both destroys and unites families

By The Haitian Times

8:51 AM on 01/23/2010

DISPATCH - For years to come, Haitians will talk about Tuesday January 12 in the same way they remember January 1, our independence from France...
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After 'mistakes,' Yele Haiti gets new accountants

By theGrio

6:01 PM on 01/22/2010

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The announcement came hours before Jean was to headline a globally broadcast concert called "Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief"...
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Haiti to relocate 400,000 homeless earthquake survivors

By theGrio

9:47 AM on 01/22/2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The plan is aimed at staving off the spread of disease at hundreds of squalid settlements across the city where homeless families have no sanitation...
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Haitians and Hasidim find common cause

By theGrio

1:13 PM on 01/21/2010

NEW YORK - The urgency of the moment looms larger than the cultural chasm that usually separates them...
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The Obamas donate $15,000 to Haiti relief

By theGrio

12:49 PM on 01/21/2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - The move comes as hundreds of thousands of Haitians remain homeless, hungry and desperately in need of help after a massive quake on January 12...
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Giving voice to the voiceless in Haiti

By Marlie Hall

9:48 AM on 01/21/2010

DISPATCH - After reporting on and witnessing first hand the death, destruction and despair that now envelops the country, it's impossible not to want to take action...
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