H.E.F. on March 1st, 2010

After Quake, Haiti Seeks Better Business Climate
Haiti’s small business elite sees last month’s earthquake as an opportunity, but not just to make money. They say it’s a chance to refashion the corrupt, inefficient way things are done in Haiti, while marshaling international support to boost the country’s industries.
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H.E.F. on February 20th, 2010

Haiti receives 1st commercial flight since quake
The first passenger plane to arrive in Haiti since the January 12 earthquake touched down in Port-au-Prince to a warm welcome Friday, but with many passengers carrying a heavy emotional load.
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H.E.F. on February 11th, 2010

Haiti raises quake toll to 217,000
Port-au-Prince, Feb 11 (DPA) The Haitian government has said the toll in last month’s earthquake had risen to 217,000, backtracking from conflicting earlier statements of even higher totals.
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Haiti drug trafficking likely to rise in quake aftermath
Rescue workers pick through the rubble of a police station Jan. 14 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The 5,000 convicts who escaped the National Penitentiary after the Jan. 12 earthquake threaten to boost dru…
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H.E.F. on February 4th, 2010

US Baptists face court in child quake victim case
Ten American missionaries who tried to take Haitian children out of the country faced a prosecutor on Thursday to learn if they will face child smuggling charges that could put them in prison on the impoverished Caribbean island.
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