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A storm unleashed torrential rains, mudslides and flooding in Haiti, killing at least 10 people, Haitian officials said on Tuesday after thunderstorms pounded several Caribbean countries.

A storm unleashed torrential rains, mudslides and flooding in Haiti, killing at least 10 people, Haitian officials said on Tuesday after thunderstorms pounded several Caribbean countries.

Haiti needs a change of heart among some of her small elite in whose hands real power in Haiti resides.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Several days of heavy rain sent rivers higher Monday across much of the Caribbean, destroying houses, setting off landslides and forcing thousands of people to leave their homes. The storm has been blamed for four deaths in the region, officials said Monday. There were reports of severe flooding in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica from a low pressure …

The Maine Walks for Haiti event raises $25,000 to benefit the Konbit Sante Cap-Haitien Health Partnership.

Some of the world’s most troubled nations, including Haiti, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe and Iraq, are to take part in the prestigious Venice Biennale art exhibition from June 4.

The Nation — When René Préval took the oath of Haiti’s presidential office in a ceremony at Haiti’s National Palace on May 14, 2006, he was anxious to allay fears in Washington that he would not be a reliable partner. “He wants to bury once and for all the suspicion in Haiti that the United States is wary of him,” said US Ambassador Janet Sanderson in a March 26, 2006, cable. “He is seeking to …

An explosive report questioning the death toll from Haiti’s earthquake has experts slamming “back-of-the-envelope calculations” that artificially inflate figures in times of crisis.

Did Haiti Inflate Its Earthquake Death Toll?

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, June 1 (UPI) — The scope of the devastation from the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti was not as severe as once estimated, a draft of a U.S. government report indicates.