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3 New Airfields to Speed Haiti Aid

Port re-opens, as new landing strips prepare for aid planes

(Newser) - The flow of relief supplies into Haiti should get a shot in the arm today, as three new airfields open and Port-Au-Prince’s seaport begins accepting vessels once more. Until now, Haiti’s main airport has been congested with round-the-clock deliveries. Douglas Fraser, the head of the US Southern Command,...

Haiti: a Never-Ending Flow of Bodies

Mass graves consuming 10K dead a day

(Newser) - The Republican Senate victory in Massachusetts seems to have knocked Haiti out of the news headlines, but the tragedy remains devastatingly real. Just ask St. Juste, a 36-year-old bus driver. He wakes up early each day to forage for food and water for his daughter. "I wake up for...

'We Are the World' Sequel to Help Haiti

Quincy Jones, Lionel Richie plan 25th anniversary re-recording

(Newser) - It's "We Are the World" take 2, this time for Haiti. Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie are getting some of the music industry's top stars together for a 25th anniversary re-recording of the song, with proceeds going to earthquake victims. The gathering will probably take place in Los Angeles...

US Readies Gitmo for Fleeing Haitians

Prepares tents for thousands of expected illegal immigrants

(Newser) - The US has begun preparing Guantanamo Bay as a holding facility for Haitian refugees in case of a mass migration spurred by the earthquake, a senior official at the base said yesterday. About 100 10-person tents have been erected and authorities have more than 1,000 more on hand in...

US Hospital Ship Begins Haiti Relief

Navy's Comfort vessel began treating patients even before it pulled in

(Newser) - A flotilla of rescue vessels led by the US hospital ship Comfort converged on Port-au-Prince today to help fill gaps in still-lagging relief efforts. The ships are bringing water, food, and medical help to hundreds of thousands of people surviving in makeshift tents or simply on blankets or plastic sheets...

6.1 Quake Shakes Haiti, 72K Bodies Buried

Frightened survivors flow into the streets

(Newser) - A strong 6.1 aftershock rolled through Haiti at 6:03am today, says the US Geological Survey, a mere 35 miles from Port-au-Prince. The quake struck at a depth of 13.7 miles, but was thought to be too far inland for any risk of tidal waves. AP reporters on...

Fast-Tracked Haitian Orphans Arrive in US

Paperwork cut as orphanages struggle to cope after quake

(Newser) - Small groups of Haitian orphans have already begun arriving in the US in recent days as authorities cut red tape for American families with pending adoptions. Haitian orphanages that were struggling to cope now face being completely overwhelmed with new arrivals, and US officials have sped up paperwork to place...

15-Day-Old Rescued From Haiti Rubble

UN: Search and rescue effort 'a fantastic success'

(Newser) - Members of a search and rescue team demolishing a ruined home in Haiti yesterday were amazed to find a 15-day-old baby who had survived without food and water for a week. "It was the mercy of God," the baby girl's mother told the Wall Street Journal . She had...

Sarko Moves to Defuse Haiti Row With US 'Occupiers'

French miffed over aid bumping

(Newser) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy moved to calm a transatlantic spat yesterday by praising America's role in the Haiti aid effort and pledging to unite French and American relief efforts. Some French officials had accused the US of sidelining the French effort, including a minister who angrily accused the US of...

$22M in Haiti Texts Revive Red Cross

Fundraising bonanza hits formerly cash-strapped charity

(Newser) - The American Red Cross, which only a year ago turned to the government for a bailout, is now awash in donations thanks to an outpouring of generosity for the Haiti quake victims. The organization had pulled in $103 million as of late Sunday, with $22 million of that coming via...

Anderson Cooper Rescues Bloodied Boy
 Anderson Cooper 
 Rescues Bloodied Boy 
SANJAY GUPTA is haiti hero, too
Jan 19, 2010 9:50 AM CST

Anderson Cooper Rescues Bloodied Boy

He and Sanjay Gupta go from CNN reporters to heroes

(Newser) - Anderson Cooper and Sanjay Gupta went from reporters to heroes yesterday while covering the earthquake aftermath in Haiti. Cooper pulled a bloodied child away from looters who were hurling rocks and concrete, telling him, "It's OK. It's OK," as he carried the boy to safety. PopEater also points...

Sandra Bullock Donates $1M to Haiti

 Sandra Bullock 
 Donates $1M 
 to Haiti 
And more celeb aid news
Jan 19, 2010 8:36 AM CST

Sandra Bullock Donates $1M to Haiti

Bullock joins long list of celebrity donors, helpers

(Newser) - Sandra Bullock is the latest celebrity, following George Clooney and Brangelina, to donate $1 million to Haiti’s earthquake aid efforts. The latest, from Variety and Us , on how other celebrities are helping:
  • George Clooney: Along with Wyclef Jean and Anderson Cooper, Clooney will co-host Friday’s “Hope for
...

US Begins Airdrops of Food, Water Into Haiti

Effort intended to ease bottleneck at airport

(Newser) - The US began airdropping food and water into Port-au-Prince yesterday in an attempt to unclog the aid bottleneck that continues to thwart relief efforts. The Pentagon, wary of triggering riots among hungry Haitians, had ruled out drops, but finally gave them the go ahead as congestion at the airport hampered...

As Help Scales Up, So Does Haiti's Nightmare

Survivors increasingly desperate for aid

(Newser) - The staggering scope of Haiti's nightmare came into sharper focus yesterday as authorities estimated 200,000 dead and 1.5 million homeless in the quake-ravaged heart of this tragic land. In one step to reassure frustrated aid groups, the US military agreed to give aid deliveries priority over military flights...

What Rebuilding Haiti Will Mean
 What Rebuilding Haiti Will Mean 
Jan 19, 2010 4:45 AM CST

What Rebuilding Haiti Will Mean

Debt relief, housing quality, and a better government are key

(Newser) - World leaders have vowed to rebuild Haiti's infrastructure into something better than it was before; the Independent takes a look at what this would mean in practice:
  • Higher-quality housing: Haiti has no building codes; international donors should insist the new dwellings their funds build for those left homeless in the
...

Evacuation Splits Haitian-American Families

Mixed citizenship means some family members are left behind

(Newser) - America's effort to get its stranded citizens out of Haiti has created a terrible dilemma for the many Haitian-American families with mixed citizenship. Anybody with a US passport can proceed to Port-au-Prince's airport for immediate evacuation, but family members without American passports must be left behind. Around 3,000 Americans...

Bill Clinton Visits Haiti
 Bill Clinton Visits Haiti 
Jan 18, 2010 7:54 PM CST

Bill Clinton Visits Haiti

Ex-president, Chelsea tour Port-au-Prince hospital

(Newser) - Bill Clinton visited Port-au-Prince today, touring a hospital and praising the Haitian people as "heroic." The former president, who is also a UN special envoy to Haiti, helped deliver medicine and other supplies. "I'll be surprised and disappointed if 48 hours from now we're not feeding and...

Wyclef Jean Tearfully Defends Charity

Musician denies using organization to pay himself

(Newser) - Wyclef Jean defended his Yele Haiti charity against accusations of fraud today, crying as he spoke in Creole. "Did I ever use Yele money for personal benefits? Absolutely not," the singer told reporters. The revelation that the charity paid $250,000 for services provided Telemax, a Haitian television...

Haiti Recalls 9/11 for Rescuers
 Haiti Recalls 9/11 for Rescuers 
Jan 18, 2010 3:20 PM CST

Haiti Recalls 9/11 for Rescuers

But scale of destruction shocks even disaster veterans

(Newser) - The New York Task Force has seen a lot—it has worked to save people at Ground Zero after 9/11, in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, and now in Port-Au-Prince after last week's earthquake. For these seasoned rescuers, the experience of saving people from disaster doesn't change that much from...

Haitians: 'We Didn't Feel Like We Had a Gov't'

Shy President Préval has been largely MIA since quake

(Newser) - Since Haiti was devastated by last Tuesday's earthquake, the country's president has been so invisible that many Haitians are wondering whether they have a government at all. Haitian officials say the government of President René Préval is too incapacitated to take any public role, but longtime politician Préval...

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