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Massacre charges haunt former Haiti PM

AP — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:51:40 +0000

A former Haitian prime minister is pressing the government to comply with an international court ruling and resolve allegations that he masterminded the killings of political...

Massacre charges haunt former Haiti prime minister

AP — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:44:55 +0000

A former Haitian prime minister is pressing the government to comply with an international court ruling and resolve allegations that he masterminded the killings of political...

Swiss to decide on Haitian ex-dictator's money

AP — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:12:10 +0000

Millions of dollars frozen in Swiss bank accounts will be given to the government of Haiti if the family of former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier cannot prove by September that the money is legitimate, the Swiss Justice...

Haiti halts gasoline subsidy; prices soar

AP — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:35:19 +0000

Cuts in Haitian gasoline subsidies pushed the price of fuel to $6.14 a gallon on Thursday, further burdening an impoverished people as the government redirected money to other...

Haiti halts gasoline subsidy

AP — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:17:08 +0000

Cuts in Haitian gasoline subsidies pushed the price of fuel to $6.14 a gallon on Thursday, further burdening an impoverished people as the government redirected money to other...

Haiti drops charges against priest

AP — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:10:07 +0000

A politically influential Roman Catholic priest has been cleared of criminal weapons charges in Haiti, freeing him to seek elective office, his lawyer said Monday.

Former AP Haiti correspondent Michael Norton dies

AP — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:47:39 +0000

Michael Norton _ who spent nearly two decades covering Haiti’s coups, rebellions and disasters for The Associated Press _ died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. He was...

Second Haiti PM nominee rejected

AP — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:35:57 +0000

Parliament on Thursday rejected the nomination of one of President Rene Preval’s advisers as the next prime minister of Haiti, which has now gone two months with its No. 2 political post...

Haiti parliament rejects prime minister nominee

AP — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:40:50 +0000

Haiti’s parliament has rejected the nomination of presidential adviser Robert Manuel to be the nation’s next prime minister.

US to ship more food to struggling Haiti

AP — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:16:24 +0000

More emergency food aid is on its way to Haiti.