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Haiti women's soccer team offers country rare hope

By Jay Scott Smith

6:00 AM on 01/28/2012

theGRIO REPORT - In Haiti, where they are still recovering from the devastating earthquake that literally flattened the island nation, any signs of hope come from a different kind of football...
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Dreamers bring ideas, projects to post-quake Haiti

By theGrio

4:22 PM on 12/12/2011

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The chef is just one of several entrepreneurs and survivors of the devastating January 2010 earthquake promoting ideas that strive to elevate Haiti's goals beyond the basic needs of food and shelter, which they acknowledge must also still be addressed...
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US urges citizens to take care, not avoid Haiti

By theGrio

9:49 AM on 08/09/2011

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The U.S. State Department no longer urges American citizens to avoid all travel to Haiti...
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Haitian activist, scholar Jean-Claude Bajeuz dies

By theGrio

5:43 PM on 08/05/2011

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Bajeux fought against the 29-year rule of the father-and-son Duvalier dynasty and went on to serve as culture minister during the first term of former President Aristide...
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Rains from Emily damage homes in central Haiti

By theGrio

11:01 AM on 08/04/2011

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Tropical Storm Emily caused flooding and damaged hundreds of homes in Haiti on Thursday...
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Clinton group checks Haiti shelters amid criticism

By theGrio

11:49 AM on 07/13/2011

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton's foundation says it will send experts to Haiti to check storm shelters...
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Rebuilding: Schools, homes in Haiti going up fast

By theGrio

8:25 AM on 06/23/2011

VIDEO - They are going up quick. Food for the Poor is constructing four schools in and around the Haitian capital of Port au Prince, just 17 months since a monster earthquake all but leveled the city...
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Report questions official Haiti quake death toll

By theGrio

2:48 PM on 05/31/2011

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Far fewer people died or were left homeless by last year's devastating earthquake than claimed by Haitian leaders...
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Martelly wants business leader as prime minister

By theGrio

2:02 PM on 05/16/2011

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The new prime minister will also serve as co-chair of Haiti's Interim Recovery Commission, whose mandate is due to expire in October...
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Haiti still ailing from child 'slavery' epidemic

By Karen Keller, Jennifer Weiss

12:39 PM on 05/13/2011

theGRIO VIDEO - Before the earthquake, child servants lived and worked in Port-au-Prince's homes. Today, many, like Rose Manette, serve their masters in tents...
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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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Shakira helps rebuild historic Haiti school

By theGrio

10:12 AM on 04/01/2011

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Her Barefoot Foundation, which helps child victims of violence and disasters, and the Inter-American Development Bank each donated $400,000...
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'Baby Doc' Duvalier hospitalized in Haiti

By theGrio

4:00 PM on 03/25/2011

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier has been hospitalized after having chest pains, his longtime companion and associates said...
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'Mom and Pop philanthropists' lend helping hand to Haitians

By Marlie Hall

8:05 AM on 03/22/2011

theGRIO REPORT - There is hardly a person of Haitian descent who hasn't felt the need to help out -- even in the smallest of ways...
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Aristide returns to celebrity welcome in Haiti

By theGrio

4:08 PM on 03/18/2011

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Aristide immediately took a swipe at the decision to bar his political party from the country's presidential election...
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Wyclef Jean endorses Martelly candidacy in Haiti

By theGrio

9:30 AM on 02/17/2011

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - He endorsed his longtime friend because he's technologically savvy and has a charismatic personality that will "help raise money with the donors."...
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Haiti waits for Aristide's return with hope, dread

By theGrio

3:01 PM on 02/10/2011

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Many believe he could arrive any day, heightening anxiety as well as anticipation as Haiti emerges from a political crisis a year after a devastating earthquake...
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Clinton meets with Haiti presidential candidates

By theGrio

11:18 AM on 01/31/2011

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - She met with President Rene Preval and earlier met with each of the three candidates jockeying to replace him...
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With Baby Doc back in Haiti, Aristide calls next

By theGrio

1:08 PM on 01/20/2011

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haitians adjusting to the sudden return of one exiled ex-president could soon have another on their hands...
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'Baby Doc' Duvalier faces possible trial in Haiti

By theGrio

9:45 AM on 01/19/2011

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Several hundred Duvalier supporters gathered outside the court, burning tires, chanting slogans and calling for the arrest of President Rene Preval...
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