<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - haiti</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/haiti</link><description>Newsvine - haiti</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:34:51 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:43:28 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>The Wattree Chronicle: A Black Republican Makes No More Sense Than a Jewish Nazi</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Black Republican Makes No More Sense Than a Jewish Nazi
Many Black conservatives make the racist claim that Black people shun the Republican Party because the Democratic Party gives them a free ride, and let them sit back on welfare all of their lives. That position is not onl&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ewattree]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ewattree]]></source><link>http://ewattree.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/15/18974370-the-wattree-chronicle-a-black-republican-makes-no-more-sense-than-a-jewish-nazi</link><guid>http://ewattree.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/15/18974370-the-wattree-chronicle-a-black-republican-makes-no-more-sense-than-a-jewish-nazi</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>democrats</category><category>virginia</category><category>haiti</category><category>pat-robertson</category><category>voodoo</category><category>bigots</category><category>black-community</category><category>wattree</category><category>black-conservatives</category><category>u-s-postal-service</category><category>bishop-e-w-jackson</category><category>bligots</category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:43:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ewattreeC6DB9A80-3A94-FA58-28E5-6D6D12C9D8E1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="185" width="273" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ewattreeC6DB9A80-3A94-FA58-28E5-6D6D12C9D8E1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Haiti's displaced from the quake now at 320,050</title>
<description><![CDATA[The number of people still displaced by Haiti's earthquake more than three years ago is down to 320,050, the International Organization of Migration said Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17765665-haitis-displaced-from-the-quake-now-at-320050</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17765665-haitis-displaced-from-the-quake-now-at-320050</guid><category>world-news</category><category>haiti</category><category>cb</category><category>camp</category><category>population</category><category>international-organization</category><category>camp-population</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:58:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>2nd Haiti minister resigns in as many days</title>
<description><![CDATA[Haiti's communications minister has resigned from her post, becoming the second Cabinet member to step down in as many days, media outlets reported Thursday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17708539-2nd-haiti-minister-resigns-in-as-many-days</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17708539-2nd-haiti-minister-resigns-in-as-many-days</guid><category>world-news</category><category>haiti</category><category>cb</category><category>minister</category><category>resignation</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:31:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>US military company gets contract in Haiti</title>
<description><![CDATA[A leading U.S. military contractor announced Tuesday that it won a contract for up to $48.6 million that will help support a U.S. contingent to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17676136-us-military-company-gets-contract-in-haiti</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17676136-us-military-company-gets-contract-in-haiti</guid><category>world-news</category><category>united-nations</category><category>haiti</category><category>cb</category><category>military-contractor</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Apr 2013 22:50:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Haiti bishop who married 'Baby Doc' Duvalier dies</title>
<description><![CDATA[Haitian Bishop Francois-Wolff Ligonde, who presided over the lavish wedding of former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier and was viewed as an ardent supporter of the regime, died on Monday, a local radio station reported. He was 85.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17660505-haiti-bishop-who-married-baby-doc-duvalier-dies</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17660505-haiti-bishop-who-married-baby-doc-duvalier-dies</guid><category>world-news</category><category>haiti</category><category>obit</category><category>cb</category><category>ligonde</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 23:40:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Study finds Haiti aid largely went to US groups</title>
<description><![CDATA[A new report on American aid to Haiti in the wake of that country's devastating earthquake finds much of the money went to U.S.-based companies and organizations.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Trenton Daniel]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Trenton Daniel]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17618558-study-finds-haiti-aid-largely-went-to-us-groups</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17618558-study-finds-haiti-aid-largely-went-to-us-groups</guid><category>world-news</category><category>haiti</category><category>earthquake</category><category>cb</category><category>aid</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 18:31:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2b75a3b5-9f1a-46ca-838a-228d0c1edb64.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2b75a3b5-9f1a-46ca-838a-228d0c1edb64.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 15, 2013 photo, Haiti's national flag flies outside parliament which was renovated by Chemonics International Inc., a for-profit international development company based in Washington D.C., in downtown of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A new report on American aid to Haiti in the wake of that country's devastating earthquake finds much of the money went to U.S.-based companies and organizations while just 1 percent went directly to Haitian companies. The obstacles blocking Haitian businesses from the contracts are many: they're often not competitive because they may not be able to get the financing they need from local banks, and smaller firms also lack the resources to prepare time-consuming applications and pay for the lobbyists and lawyers needed to win contracts. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e7564d1f-0f96-4760-a038-8321ff0a12c6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e7564d1f-0f96-4760-a038-8321ff0a12c6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 15, 2013 photo, people use a pedestrian bridge at the entrance at the countrys main courthouse, which was renovated by Chemonics International Inc., a for-profit international development company based in Washington D.C., in downtown of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A new report on American aid to Haiti in the wake of that country's devastating earthquake finds much of the money went to U.S.-based companies and organizations while just 1 percent went directly to Haitian companies. The findings confirm a long-term sense that U.S. foreign aid benefits more people at home than abroad as it takes a detour through Washington and its suburbs. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=108abf3b-871d-4049-ac1c-74c381034676.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=108abf3b-871d-4049-ac1c-74c381034676.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 15, 2013 photo, a bodyguard walks outside parliament, which was renovated by Chemonics International Inc., a for-profit international development company based in Washington D.C., in downtown of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A new report, by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, on American aid to Haiti in the wake of that country's devastating earthquake finds much of the money went to U.S.-based companies and organizations while just 1 percent went directly to Haitian companies. The group has been a critic of U.S. foreign policy in the past, accusing the U.S. of a top-down approach to aid that does little to alleviate poverty in impoverished Haiti. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d8b1ae0f-abb7-4f43-9dc8-ff69434be36e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d8b1ae0f-abb7-4f43-9dc8-ff69434be36e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 21, 2010 file photo, a man pushes a wheelbarrow past earthquake damaged buildings in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A new report, by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, on American aid to Haiti in the wake of that country's devastating earthquake finds much of the money went to U.S.-based companies and organizations while just 1 percent went directly to Haitian companies. The report also finds that the biggest recipient of U.S. aid after the earthquake was Chemonics International Inc., a for-profit international development company based in Washington D.C. that has more than 4,800 employees. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Haiti historian who chronicled capital dies at 88</title>
<description><![CDATA[In an April 3 obituary about Haitian historian Georges Corvington, The Associated Press misspelled his first name.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17590699-haiti-historian-who-chronicled-capital-dies-at-88</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17590699-haiti-historian-who-chronicled-capital-dies-at-88</guid><category>world-news</category><category>associated-press</category><category>haiti</category><category>obit</category><category>cb</category><category>corvington</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Apr 2013 01:13:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>UN: Haitians aren't getting enough food</title>
<description><![CDATA[The United Nations said Tuesday that a growing number of people in Haiti are not getting enough to eat following a heavy storm season that damaged food crops.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17573958-un-haitians-arent-getting-enough-food</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17573958-un-haitians-arent-getting-enough-food</guid><category>world-news</category><category>united-nations</category><category>haiti</category><category>cb</category><category>hunger</category><category>countryside</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 22:59:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Departing UN official blasts Haiti's rights record</title>
<description><![CDATA[The former United Nations human rights monitor in Haiti is taking a swipe at the Caribbean nation's legal system as he leaves his post.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Trenton Daniel]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Trenton Daniel]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17506402-departing-un-official-blasts-haitis-rights-record</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17506402-departing-un-official-blasts-haitis-rights-record</guid><category>world-news</category><category>un</category><category>human-rights</category><category>united-nations</category><category>haiti</category><category>cb</category><category>haiti-un</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:20:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Best Western opens hotel in impoverished Haiti</title>
<description><![CDATA[A U.S. hotel chain opened a hotel in Haiti on Thursday for the first time in 15 years.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17506035-best-western-opens-hotel-in-impoverished-haiti</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17506035-best-western-opens-hotel-in-impoverished-haiti</guid><category>world-news</category><category>haiti</category><category>cb</category><category>best-western</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:32:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Haiti replaces head of industrial park agency</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Haitian government has issued a presidential decree replacing the head of an agency that oversees a new industrial park that the U.S. invested in heavily after the Caribbean nation's 2010 earthquake.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Trenton Daniel]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Trenton Daniel]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17475489-haiti-replaces-head-of-industrial-park-agency</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17475489-haiti-replaces-head-of-industrial-park-agency</guid><category>world-news</category><category>haiti</category><category>cb</category><category>park</category><category>shakeup</category><category>industrial-park</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:15:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Haiti PM: official slain in drive-by killing</title>
<description><![CDATA[An aide to Haiti's prime minister has been slain in a drive-by shooting by two masked men on a motorcycle, the government said Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[EVENS SANON]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[EVENS SANON]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17460517-haiti-pm-official-slain-in-drive-by-killing</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17460517-haiti-pm-official-slain-in-drive-by-killing</guid><category>world-news</category><category>haiti</category><category>cb</category><category>official</category><category>slain</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:01:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Haiti splashes slum with psychedelic colors</title>
<description><![CDATA[One of Haiti's biggest shantytowns, a vast expanse of grim cinderblock homes on a mountainside in the nation's capital, is getting a psychedelic makeover that aims to be part art and part homage.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Trenton Daniel]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Trenton Daniel]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17458177-haiti-splashes-slum-with-psychedelic-colors</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17458177-haiti-splashes-slum-with-psychedelic-colors</guid><category>world-news</category><category>haiti</category><category>cb</category><category>makeover</category><category>slum</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:44:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fe88d447-f6c0-473a-abd3-e1fc71771d97.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fe88d447-f6c0-473a-abd3-e1fc71771d97.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this picture taken March 21, 2013, homes painted in bright colors cover a hill in Jalousie, a cinder block shantytown in Petionville, Haiti. Workers this month began painting the concrete facades of buildings in Jalousie slum a rainbow of colors, inspired by the dazzling cities-in-the-skies of well-known Haitian painter Prefete Duffaut, who died last year. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e5cca670-6945-49ef-8d5d-48d7ab55fb0f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e5cca670-6945-49ef-8d5d-48d7ab55fb0f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 21, 2013 photo, a man paints green the exterior wall of a home in Jalousie, a cinder block shantytown in Petionville, Haiti. The $1.4 million effort titled Beauty versus Poverty: Jalousie in Colors is part of a government project to relocate people from the displacement camps that sprouted up after Haiti's 2010 earthquake. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=25328ee5-c1f9-41fb-977f-9848f835f224.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=25328ee5-c1f9-41fb-977f-9848f835f224.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A painting by Haitian artist Prefete Duffaut titled &quot;Friends of Haiti&quot; hangs on exhibit at the Galerie Monnin in Petionville, Haiti, Monday, March 25, 2013. Workers this month began painting the concrete facades of buildings in Jalousie slum, one of Haiti's biggest shantytowns, a rainbow of purple, peach, lime and cream, inspired by the dazzling cities-in-the-skies of well-known Haitian painter Prefete Duffaut, who died last year. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ea486bf2-1f0d-4c29-a4dd-10ac9c012639.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ea486bf2-1f0d-4c29-a4dd-10ac9c012639.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 21, 2013 photo, workers paint red the exterior of a home in Jalousie, a cinder block shantytown in Petionville, Haiti. Jalousie is unique in that its mountainside presence makes it visible to people living in the wealthy district of Petionville. Critics have suggested that the choice of Jalousie for a makeover is as much about giving the posh hotels of Petionville a pretty view as helping the slum's residents. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=db7758b9-3574-4876-bd21-c43ad9d217a6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=db7758b9-3574-4876-bd21-c43ad9d217a6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 21, 2013 photo, a worker paints red the exterior wall of a home in Jalousie, a cinder block shantytown in Petionville, Haiti. While most residents welcome the attempt to beautify Jalousie, a slum of 45,000 inhabitants, critics say the project is the latest example of cosmetic changes carried out by a government that has done little to improve people's lives in the Western Hemisphere's poorest country.  (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6e6ff4d6-6128-47b2-b586-acd811915a96.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6e6ff4d6-6128-47b2-b586-acd811915a96.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 21, 2013 photo, a woman carries empty buckets in Jalousie, a cinder block shantytown recently painted in colors in Petionville, Haiti. A $1.4 million effort titled Beauty versus Poverty: Jalousie in Colors is part of a government project to relocate people from the displacement camps that sprouted up after Haiti's 2010 earthquake.  (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=33c20089-4cce-4baa-a6cf-abac7e926bbc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="334" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=33c20089-4cce-4baa-a6cf-abac7e926bbc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="184" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 21, 2013 photo, a worker paints blue the exterior wall of a home in Jalousie, a cinder block shantytown in Petionville, Haiti. The government's goal is to paint 1,000 homes and buildings as part of a $1.4 million effort titled Beauty versus Poverty: Jalousie in Colors, a government project to relocate people from the displacement camps that sprouted up after Haiti's 2010 earthquake. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3c0e6eef-7cca-4b90-801d-2b1104a65d68.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3c0e6eef-7cca-4b90-801d-2b1104a65d68.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 21, 2013 photo, a worker paints the exterior wall of a home in Jalousie, a cinder block shantytown in Petionville, Haiti. One of Haiti's biggest shantytowns, a vast expanse of grim cinder block homes on a mountainside in the nation's capital, is getting a psychedelic makeover that aims to be part art and part homage inspired by the works of Haitian painter Prefete Duffaut, who died last year. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7bff321f-d484-41ea-b899-46f37203a2c6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="257" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7bff321f-d484-41ea-b899-46f37203a2c6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 21, 2013 photo, a resident uses a piece of broken mirror as she puts make-up on, as she stands on her home's green and orange balcony in Jalousie, a cinder block shantytown in Petionville, Haiti. Workers began painting the concrete facades of buildings in Jalousie slum a rainbow of colors, inspired by the works of Haitian painter Prefete Duffaut, who died last year. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=47cfbdd3-4c24-413b-8171-65fe17fd98b6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=47cfbdd3-4c24-413b-8171-65fe17fd98b6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 21, 2013 photo, Nicolas Richnado watches over buckets filled with water as he waits for his mother to return from carrying a bucket of water to their home in Jalousie, a cinder block shantytown recently painted in colors in Petionville, Haiti. A $1.4 million effort titled Beauty versus Poverty: Jalousie in Colors is part of a government project to relocate people from the displacement camps that sprouted up after Haiti's 2010 earthquake.  (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>McIlroy to return to Haiti before the Masters</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rory McIlroy will spend part of his week before the Masters on a humanitarian mission in Haiti.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17455764-mcilroy-to-return-to-haiti-before-the-masters</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17455764-mcilroy-to-return-to-haiti-before-the-masters</guid><category>sports</category><category>golf</category><category>haiti</category><category>mcilroy</category><category>rory-mcilroy</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:47:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bec7e5c8-7955-4e78-bc7f-ef52b9d7f312.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bec7e5c8-7955-4e78-bc7f-ef52b9d7f312.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Golfer Rory McIlroy, center, of Northern Ireland, watches the match between Caroline Wozniacki, of Denmark, and Garbine Muguruza, of Spain, during the Sony Open tennis tournament in Key Biscayne, Fla.,  Saturday, March 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Haiti president seeks UN funds to rebuild country</title>
<description><![CDATA[Haiti President Michel Martelly has urged the United Nations to divert some of the billions of dollars it spends yearly on peacekeeping efforts to infrastructure projects, job creation and poverty alleviation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17416501-haiti-president-seeks-un-funds-to-rebuild-country</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17416501-haiti-president-seeks-un-funds-to-rebuild-country</guid><category>world-news</category><category>un</category><category>united-nations</category><category>haiti</category><category>cb</category><category>peacekeeping</category><category>michel-martelly</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:35:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>  Three Years Post-Quake, Emergency Channels Still Vital Resource</title>
<description><![CDATA[Near the epicenter of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti, less than  three months after it occurred, Clif Guy of Church of the Resurrection  (COR) encountered a unique challenge: how to build a communications  infrastructure so what was happening on the ground could be conveye&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David H. Deans]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David H. Deans]]></source><link>http://dhdeans.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17272157-three-years-post-quake-emergency-channels-still-vital-resource</link><guid>http://dhdeans.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17272157-three-years-post-quake-emergency-channels-still-vital-resource</guid><category>technology</category><category>internet</category><category>economy</category><category>haiti</category><category>communications</category><category>networks</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:39:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Clinton awards more than $700,000 to Haiti farms</title>
<description><![CDATA[A charity for former U.S. President Bill Clinton awarded more than $700,000 to develop the country's agriculture sector.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Trenton Daniel]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Trenton Daniel]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/10/17259295-clinton-awards-more-than-700000-to-haiti-farms</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/10/17259295-clinton-awards-more-than-700000-to-haiti-farms</guid><category>world-news</category><category>clinton</category><category>haiti</category><category>bill-clinton</category><category>cb</category><category>visit</category><pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:24:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=992f4156-8389-4c06-bc16-8bd90850ea71.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=992f4156-8389-4c06-bc16-8bd90850ea71.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former U.S. President and UN special envoy to Haiti, Bill Clinton looks on during a visit to the Heineken/Brana Brewery S.A. in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Monday March. 11, 2013. The Clinton Foundation announced Monday more than $700,000 in grants to the Haitian agricultural sector. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=474bc447-c0c9-469a-9fd3-af5e356972df.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=474bc447-c0c9-469a-9fd3-af5e356972df.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former U.S. President and UN special envoy to Haiti, Bill Clinton stands during a visit to the coffee production and export company Rebo S.A. in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Monday March. 11, 2013. The Clinton Foundation announced Monday more than $700,000 in grants to the Haitian agricultural sector. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9bc7028e-4184-4269-a206-a3c0c80bf379.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="262" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9bc7028e-4184-4269-a206-a3c0c80bf379.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former U.S. President and UN special envoy to Haiti, Bill Clinton looks at bags and ropes made out of sisal fiber during a visit to the sisal fiber production company Sisalco S.A. in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Monday March. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=594fdf20-4ab2-4cde-8c65-7d6957a3dc57.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=594fdf20-4ab2-4cde-8c65-7d6957a3dc57.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former U.S. President and UN special envoy to Haiti, Bill Clinton watches workers sort coffee beans during a visit to the coffee production and export company Rebo S.A. in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Monday March. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5831503f-47d0-493a-aa3c-f8887d872249.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5831503f-47d0-493a-aa3c-f8887d872249.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former U.S. President and UN special envoy to Haiti, Bill Clinton speaks while he holds a beer during a visit to the Heineken/Brana Brewery S.A. in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Monday March. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6e04b60e-6cb4-4eab-9ba4-3fda198fa596.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6e04b60e-6cb4-4eab-9ba4-3fda198fa596.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Workers stand next to sisal fibers during a visit by former U.S. President and UN special envoy to Haiti, Bill Clinton to the sisal production company Sisalco S.A. in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Monday March. 11, 2013. The Clinton Foundation announced Monday more than $700,000 in grants to the Haitian agricultural sector. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Testimony resumes in Haiti's 'Baby Doc' case</title>
<description><![CDATA[Testimony in the high-profile case of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier resumed Thursday, with another alleged victim describing abuses she says were committed under his rule.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[EVENS SANON]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[EVENS SANON]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17227751-testimony-resumes-in-haitis-baby-doc-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17227751-testimony-resumes-in-haitis-baby-doc-case</guid><category>world-news</category><category>haiti</category><category>cb</category><category>hearing</category><category>duvalier</category><category>jean-claude-duvalier</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Mar 2013 23:16:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=099070b5-54c4-4ef0-9726-b656c43a754d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=099070b5-54c4-4ef0-9726-b656c43a754d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Haitian President Rene Preval speaks with journalists after attending a closed hearing at the courthouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Thursday, March 7, 2013.  Preval testified behind closed doors Thursday as authorities try to revive the investigation into the long-unsolved killing of the country's most celebrated journalist Jean Dominique. Preval, who served from 1996-2001 and from 2006-2011, was serving the first of his two terms as president when the crusading journalist was shot to death outside Radio Haiti. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=760b2e5a-1564-4ef4-abba-89719eaa46b7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="243" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=760b2e5a-1564-4ef4-abba-89719eaa46b7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2013 file photo, former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, known as &quot;Baby Doc,&quot; attends his hearing at court in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Alleged victims of the government of  Duvalier have resumed their testimony in court Thursday, March 14, 2013. Haitian authorities charged Duvalier with human rights abuses and embezzlement but a judge ruled he should face charges only for the alleged financial crimes. An appellate court is trying to decide if it should reinstate the abuse charges against Duvalier or drop the alleged financial crimes. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Haiti's ex-president testifies behind closed doors</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Haitian President Rene Preval testified behind closed doors Thursday as authorities try to revive the investigation into the long-unsolved killing of the country's most celebrated journalist.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17224723-haitis-ex-president-testifies-behind-closed-doors</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17224723-haitis-ex-president-testifies-behind-closed-doors</guid><category>world-news</category><category>haiti</category><category>cb</category><category>journalist</category><category>slain</category><category>rene-preval</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Mar 2013 16:20:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Attorney: Haiti's 'Baby Doc' Duvalier hospitalized</title>
<description><![CDATA[An attorney for Jean-Claude Duvalier said Monday that his client was hospitalized for an unspecified illness just after the former ruler testified last week in court about alleged human rights abuses and embezzlement   associated with his 15-year rule.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Trenton Daniel]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Trenton Daniel]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17184604-attorney-haitis-baby-doc-duvalier-hospitalized</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17184604-attorney-haitis-baby-doc-duvalier-hospitalized</guid><category>world-news</category><category>haiti</category><category>cb</category><category>hospitalized</category><category>duvalier</category><category>jean-claude-duvalier</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Mar 2013 00:56:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f6ec1b32-3916-46d0-9dbd-bd170dfcfd2c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f6ec1b32-3916-46d0-9dbd-bd170dfcfd2c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, known as &quot;Baby Doc,&quot; center, attends his hearing as his companion Veronique Roy sits behind, right, inside a courthouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Duvalier appeared in court Thursday after three times shunning a summons for a hearing on whether he should be charged with human rights abuses during his brutal 1971-1986 regime. Next to him sat his defense attorneys and his longtime partner, who did not remove her sunglasses during the proceedings. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7ec1b34a-a24e-4e80-9aef-ad9861db89e5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="377" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7ec1b34a-a24e-4e80-9aef-ad9861db89e5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="163" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, known as &quot;Baby Doc,&quot; attends his hearing at court in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Duvalier appeared in court Thursday after three times shunning a summons for a hearing on whether he should be charged with human rights abuses during his brutal 1971-1986 regime. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e4b26c95-f5d6-4950-a1b2-dda6b9d296f2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e4b26c95-f5d6-4950-a1b2-dda6b9d296f2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, known as &quot;Baby Doc,&quot; center, attends his hearing as his companion Veronique Roy sits behind, right, inside a courthouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Duvalier appeared in court Thursday after three times shunning a summons for a hearing on whether he should be charged with human rights abuses during his brutal 1971-1986 regime. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=631839ee-93f3-4867-ae6a-4ce8d3544fc4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=631839ee-93f3-4867-ae6a-4ce8d3544fc4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, known as &quot;Baby Doc,&quot; attends his hearing at court in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Duvalier appeared in court Thursday after three times shunning a summons for a hearing on whether he should be charged with human rights abuses during his brutal 1971-1986 regime. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Audit finds US loan program in Haiti flawed</title>
<description><![CDATA[An audit of a U.S. Agency for International Department program that aimed to boost Haiti's economy by providing loans to businesses has found that the program failed to award loans to intended targets, train workers and keep accurate records.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Trenton Daniel]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Trenton Daniel]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17183991-audit-finds-us-loan-program-in-haiti-flawed</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17183991-audit-finds-us-loan-program-in-haiti-flawed</guid><category>world-news</category><category>loan</category><category>haiti</category><category>cb</category><category>audit</category><category>international-department</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 23:17:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>  Obama fundraiser pleads guilty to swindling millions</title>
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(Miami Herald) Claudio Osorio, the former globe-trotting executive who had headed a Fortune 500 company, faces up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing millions of dollars from investors in his ill-fated venture to build low-cost housing in Haiti and other dev&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/02/17162488-obama-fundraiser-pleads-guilty-to-swindling-millions</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/02/17162488-obama-fundraiser-pleads-guilty-to-swindling-millions</guid><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>hillary-clinton</category><category>haiti</category><category>investors</category><category>money-laundering</category><category>swindled</category><category>obama-fundraiser</category><category>star-island</category><category>claudio-osorio</category><pubDate>Sun, 3 Mar 2013 00:51:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtomeC664FBB5-0AD0-677E-5265-CB7D44AB97DD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="357" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtomeC664FBB5-0AD0-677E-5265-CB7D44AB97DD.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="108" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Haiti's 'Baby Doc' answers questions in hearing</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier appeared in a Haitian court for the first time Thursday after repeatedly shunning previous summonses, answering questions on whether he should be charged with human rights abuses during his brutal 1971-86 regime.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Trenton Daniel]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Trenton Daniel]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17135006-haitis-baby-doc-answers-questions-in-hearing</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17135006-haitis-baby-doc-answers-questions-in-hearing</guid><category>world-news</category><category>haiti</category><category>cb</category><category>duvalier</category><category>jean-claude-duvalier</category><category>former-haitian</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:05:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f6ec1b32-3916-46d0-9dbd-bd170dfcfd2c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f6ec1b32-3916-46d0-9dbd-bd170dfcfd2c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, known as &quot;Baby Doc,&quot; center, attends his hearing as his companion Veronique Roy sits behind, right, inside a courthouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Duvalier appeared in court Thursday after three times shunning a summons for a hearing on whether he should be charged with human rights abuses during his brutal 1971-1986 regime. Next to him sat his defense attorneys and his longtime partner, who did not remove her sunglasses during the proceedings. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4da32123-974d-40f0-a9b1-bcc006e2048f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4da32123-974d-40f0-a9b1-bcc006e2048f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Supporters of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, known as &quot;Baby Doc,&quot; hold a picture of him, right, and of his father Francois Duvalier, known as &quot;Papa Doc,&quot; outside a courthouse where Duvalier attends a hearing in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013.  Duvalier returned to Haiti in early 2011 after spending 25 years in exile. While in exile, Duvalier remained quiet except for a September 2007 radio address in which he apologized for wrongs committed under his rule and urged supporters to rally around his fringe political party.  (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=954df30e-a355-4418-abd6-ced018d8e8c6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=954df30e-a355-4418-abd6-ced018d8e8c6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, &quot;Baby Doc,&quot; sitting on end of the desk at center, attends his hearing at court, as his companion Veronique Roy sits to his right in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Dozens of supporters cheered as Duvalier emerged wearing a navy blue suit and gray tie and sat facing the three-judge panel. Next to him sat his defense attorneys and his longtime partner, who did not remove her sunglasses during the proceedings. Duvalier is in in court for a hearing on whether he should be charged with human rights abuses during his brutal 1971-1986 regime. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7ec1b34a-a24e-4e80-9aef-ad9861db89e5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="377" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7ec1b34a-a24e-4e80-9aef-ad9861db89e5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="163" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, known as &quot;Baby Doc,&quot; attends his hearing at court in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Duvalier appeared in court Thursday after three times shunning a summons for a hearing on whether he should be charged with human rights abuses during his brutal 1971-1986 regime. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0ede23c5-fa2b-4435-8936-e1edc0eee2fd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0ede23c5-fa2b-4435-8936-e1edc0eee2fd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Supporters of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier demonstrate outside the courthouse where Duvalier attends a hearing in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Duvalier appeared in court Thursday after three times shunning a summons for a hearing on whether he should be charged with human rights abuses during his brutal 1971-1986 regime. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Sean Penn calls progress in Haiti 'extraordinary'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sean Penn remembers smelling dead bodies when he arrived in Haiti after the earthquake.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bridget Murphy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bridget Murphy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/26/17107653-sean-penn-calls-progress-in-haiti-extraordinary</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/26/17107653-sean-penn-calls-progress-in-haiti-extraordinary</guid><category>us-news</category><category>us</category><category>haiti</category><category>harvard</category><category>sean-penn</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 02:26:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a7030d2a-9e51-498e-a89c-2d86821b92fb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a7030d2a-9e51-498e-a89c-2d86821b92fb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Actor-director Sean Penn gestures as he speaks, while the former prime minister of Haiti, Michele Pierre-Louis, listens while they participate in a discussion at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Mass. Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 regarding Haiti in the wake of a devastating earthquake three years ago. Penn is the co-founder of the J/P Haitian Relief Organization. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7184d710-75dc-4aae-a51b-eccdf203b008.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7184d710-75dc-4aae-a51b-eccdf203b008.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Actor-director Sean Penn listens as he participates in a discussion at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Mass. Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 regarding Haiti in the wake of a devastating earthquake three years ago. Penn is the co-founder of the J/P Haitian Relief Organization. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e7ee0096-44b1-4875-a7c2-5e29faceba17.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="389" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e7ee0096-44b1-4875-a7c2-5e29faceba17.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="158" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Actor-director Sean Penn gestures as he participates in a discussion at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Mass. Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 regarding Haiti in the wake of a devastating earthquake three years ago. Penn is the co-founder of the J/P Haitian Relief Organization. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=10dcd809-b363-4018-ac0b-ab1dfe333f3c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=10dcd809-b363-4018-ac0b-ab1dfe333f3c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Actor-director Sean Penn gestures as he participates in a discussion at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Mass. Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 regarding Haiti in the wake of a devastating earthquake three years ago. Penn is the co-founder of the J/P Haitian Relief Organization. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b4d3219d-2b3b-40e1-a340-f71e459b995d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b4d3219d-2b3b-40e1-a340-f71e459b995d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Actor-director Sean Penn shakes hands with the former prime minister of Haiti, Michele Pierre-Louis, after they participated in a discussion at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Mass. Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 regarding Haiti in the wake of a devastating earthquake three years ago. Penn is the co-founder of the J/P Haitian Relief Organization. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9f08504a-06d9-418b-9293-ad5075573151.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="399" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9f08504a-06d9-418b-9293-ad5075573151.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Actor-director Sean Penn gestures as he participates in a discussion at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Mass. Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 regarding Haiti in the wake of a devastating earthquake three years ago. Penn is the co-founder of the J/P Haitian Relief Organization. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>US agency announces mortgage program in Haiti</title>
<description><![CDATA[A U.S. government agency has announced a mortgage program that aims to help up to 4,000 families in Haiti.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17090257-us-agency-announces-mortgage-program-in-haiti</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17090257-us-agency-announces-mortgage-program-in-haiti</guid><category>world-news</category><category>haiti</category><category>cb</category><category>mortgage-program</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:51:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>