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Confronting Haiti's housing woes

Haiti's cash-strapped government has been criticized for both the size and location of new housing units, built to resolve the lack of post-earthquake permanent housing there.
Music schools drum up new hope for students in Haiti

Three years after the earthquake that left the country in ruins, Haiti's government has an unlikely new remedy for poverty and crime: music education.
Haiti bans plastic bags and styrofoam containers

Haiti's government has announced a ban on importing, manufacturing, and marketing plastic and foam containers as of Oct.1 in an effort to do away with 'rivers of debris' across the country.
Tropical storm Isaac sweeps across Haiti toward Cuba, Florida

Forecasters expect that Isaac will be a hurricane by the time it makes landfall, likely on the Florida Panhandle late Tuesday or early Wednesday. The Republican National Convention, which opens in Tampa on Monday, is within the possible strike zone.
Difference Maker Jean Enock Joseph teaches self-help to lift Haiti

Pastor Jean Enock Joseph doesn't shy from Haiti's toughest problems. His message: Haitians have the ability to help themselves.
Global News Blog Cleanup coalition in Haiti's largest slum

Haiti's Cité Soleil is the most notorious slum in the Western Hemisphere, but local residents are picking up shovels and brooms to transform their neighborhood.
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Interview: Haitian presidential candidate Michel Martelly challenges political elite

With the cholera death toll climbing to more than 1,100 and 1.3 million people still living in displacement camps, presidential candidate Michel 'Sweet Micky' Martelly is calling for a change in leadership.
Aid workers in Haiti rush to contain cholera

The Haitian government announced Tuesday that a 3-year-old in Port-au-Prince tested positive for cholera. Officials suspect dozens of other cases across the earthquake-ravaged city.
Haiti prime minister warns of triple disaster as hurricane Tomas hits

With Haiti recovering from an earthquake and cholera outbreak as hurricane Tomas hit, Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive told the Monitor, 'It’s just piling on us, just making bigger and bigger problems.'
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Storm Tomas and cholera outbreak add urgency to Haiti's sanitation problems

Hundreds of thousands of Haitians lack access to clean water in Port-au-Prince, a situation expected to worsen after tropical storm Tomas makes landfall on Friday.
In Pictures: Wyclef for President
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How Haiti's earthquake galvanized one US CEO

After several days seeing post-earthquake Haiti firsthand, Timberland's Swartz stumbles on the power of a CEO as witness.
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Haiti: black market in food aid emerges

In Haiti's capital, street vendors are openly selling rice by the cup from bags stamped with US flags.
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Haiti earthquake diary: Hospital visits

A trip to the hospital in the sprawling slum of Cité Soleil and the General Hospital: Too many patients and too few resources.