Category Archives: Haitian News

Three Pakistani police in the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti have been found guilty of sexual abuse and ordered jailed, the UN said Tuesday.

MIAMI (Reuters) – A former senior telecommunications official in Haiti has been convicted in federal court in Miami for accepting $500,000 in bribes from two U.S. companies that secured lucrative long-distance phone contracts in the impoverished Caribbean nation, authorities said … Continue reading →

USA TODAY Swiss bus crash kills 28, including 22 childrenUSA TODAYSIERRE, Switzerland (AP) – A tour bus slammed into a tunnel wall in the Swiss Alps in a horrific accident that killed 22 schoolchildren and six adults returning to Belgium … Continue reading →

CBC.ca Santorum wins hurt Gingrich as GOP race stretches onCNNBy Tom Cohen. Jason Hanna. John Helton, CNN (CNN) — Rick Santorum took his re-energized Republican presidential campaign to Puerto Rico Wednesday after key primary victories in the South that raised … Continue reading →

Globe and Mail 2 Syrian dissidents quit opposition councilMiamiHerald.comBy BEN HUBBARD AP BEIRUT — Two prominent Syrian dissidents said Wednesday they have quit the main opposition group that emerged from the year-old uprising against the regime in Damascus in protest … Continue reading →

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Two U.N. peacekeepers from Pakistan have been sentenced to a year in prison for raping a 14-year-old Haitian boy after being convicted in a Pakistani military trial in Haiti, authorities said on Monday. U.N. spokeswoman Sylvie Van … Continue reading →

USA TODAY Iran Oil Power Declining as Explorers Increase Spending: EnergyBusinessWeekBy Ayesha Daya, Brian Swint and Rakteem Katakey on March 12, 2012 The Iran-driven run in oil prices to the highest since 2008 masks the Middle East producer's diminishing importance … Continue reading →

Los Angeles Times Soldier held in Afghan killings was from troubled US baseLos Angeles TimesDozens of recent cases of killings, suicides and assaults have been linked to combat troops from sprawling Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. A TV in … Continue reading →

Los Angeles Times Republicans make final push before Southern primariesLos Angeles TimesAlabama and Mississippi could change the course of the campaign. Romney makes a familiar pitch, while Santorum hopes to establish himself as the race's chief conservative and Gingrich hopes … Continue reading →

Telegraph.co.uk 'Made in Japan' stamp to disappear as tsunami sees industry move outTelegraph.co.uk'Made by Japan' will increasingly replace the 'Made in Japan' stamp on the goods the world buys, as the prolonged impact of the country's devastating tsunami pushes manufacturing … Continue reading →