Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today announced the re-designation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and extended the country’s current TPS designation for 18 months—through Jan. 22, 2013.
N.L. doctors treat burns, stabbings and newborns in Haiti »»
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Haiti govt says president attacked while walking »»
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UN says Haiti police force best body for security »»
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U.N. Security Council visits Haiti to assess security »»
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A U.N. Security Council delegation arrived in Haiti on Monday for a four-day visit to Haiti to assess security needs before a decision over reducing the 10,500-member peacekeeping force. There has been mounting public unease over the U.N. role in Haiti after recent allegations of rape involving Pakistani soldiers, on top of anger over a deadly cholera epidemic in 2010 ... Read more...
The U.S. State Department is sending a team of experts in international law to Haiti to look at ways to strengthen its beleaguered judiciary, Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille said Monday. Read more...
Haiti 'Baby Doc' case spurs claim of gov't sway »»
Before President Michel Martelly took office in May 2011, Haiti's top prosecutor had recommended that former strongman Jean-Claude Duvalier face trial for the abuses associated with his 15-year rule. Read more...
Haiti Papers Over the Past: The Rebranding of 'Baby Doc' Duvalier »»
On Jan. 30, more than a year after former "President for Life" Jean-Claude Duvalier returned to Haiti, a Port-au-Prince judge concluded his lengthy investigation into the ex-dictator's brutal, 1971-86 rule. Supreme Court Magistrate Carvès Jean had at his disposal reams of documents, human rights complaints, testimony from torture victims, copies of checks, international bank transfers and diary ... Read more...
Ils sont des dizaines de milliers de jeunes chrétiens, de foi protestante en particulier, qui se donnent rendez-vous chaque année pendant la période de carnaval, pour les camps annuels dans... Read more...
Quatre (4) nouveaux juges ont été installés à la Cour de cassation,ce vendredi 17 février 2012. Nommés par le président de la République le 12 janvier dernier,Wendell Coq Thello, Kesner... Read more...
La faculté et le bureau national d'ethnologie vandalisés »»
La tension est montée d'un cran vendredi dans l'aire du Champ de Mars entre des étudiants de la faculté d'ethnologie et des centaines de proches du président Michel Joseph Martelly... Read more...
Tout est fin prêt pour le carnaval national des Cayes les 19, 20 et 21 février 2012. La sécurité a été renforcée dans la troisième ville du pays. Des dispositions... Read more...
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Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today announced the re-designation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and extended the country’s current TPS designation for 18 months—through Jan. 22, 2013.
