Matt and Becca are leaving Haiti tomorrow, finishing up their year-long stay in The Bay. Check out their site for their closing thoughts. Nights at the Bay just got even more boring.
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Haiti In The News- UN urges equal treatment ahead of Haiti elections (AP via Yahoo! News) November 27, 2009Haiti's U.N. peacekeeping mission urged local officials Friday to provide a justification for banning 17 political groups from participating in next year's legislative elections.
- Haiti: Aristide’s Party Is Banned (New York Times) November 27, 2009Haiti’s electoral council banned Fanmi Lavalas, the influential party of the exiled former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, from next year’s legislative elections.
- UN urges equal treatment ahead of Haiti elections (MalaysiaNews.net) November 28, 2009PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Haiti's U.N. peacekeeping mission urged local officials Friday to provide a justification for banning 17 political groups from participating in next year's legislative electi...
- Haiti bans prominent party from 2010 election (AP via Yahoo! News) November 26, 2009Haiti's electoral council has banned the influential party of exiled former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from next year's legislative elections.
- Haiti bans Aristide's party from 2010 election (AP via Yahoo! News) November 26, 2009Haiti's electoral council has banned the influential party of exiled former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from running in next year's legislative elections.
- Local youth teams donate soccer balls to kids in Haiti (Westborough News) November 27, 2009Westborough residents Trish Reske and Tom Slicklen visited the Caribbean nation of Haiti earlier this month with a precious cargo: Soccer balls.
- Haiti: "A Gathering Storm" (Oxfam) November 27, 2009In 2008, four hurricanes and tropical storms (Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike) hit the mountainous Caribbean island of Haiti. In the space of a few weeks, the hurricanes tore apart the lives of millions of people, hitting the poor the hardest.
- Haiti bans prominent party from 2010 election (Deseret News) November 26, 2009Haiti's electoral council has banned the influential party of exiled former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from next year's...
- Haiti bans Aristide's party from 2010 election (MalaysiaNews.net) November 26, 2009PORT-AU-PRINCE, -- Haiti's electoral council has banned the influential party of exiled former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from running in next year's legislative elections.Fanmi Lavalas is amon...
- Haiti Bans Aristide's Party From 2010 Election (CBS4 Miami) November 26, 2009Lavalas, the political party and social movement that provided the power base for exiled former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, has been banned by Haiti's electoral council from running in next year's legislative elections.
- UN urges equal treatment ahead of Haiti elections (AP via Yahoo! News) November 27, 2009
- BBC Caribbean News
- Commonwealth targets climate change UK and France propose multi-billion-dollar fund to help developing nations deal with climate change.
- BBC Caribbean News in BriefWarning that St Lucia's government in running out of money, bauxite workers fired in Guyana - and more.http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/
- The Commonwealth and the Caribbean How important is the Commonwealth to the Caribbean? Is it still relevant?Have your say.http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/
- SVG rejects new constitutionThe St Vincent government suffers overwhelming defeat in historic referendum on a new constitution.http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/
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- Commonwealth targets climate change
- NPR World News
- UAE To Back Banks Amid Dubai Meltdown November 29, 2009The United Arab Emirates has pledged to stand behind foreign and domestic banks in the country, offering additional money while extolling the strength of the Gulf nation's financial sector as world markets brace for a potential day of reckoning Monday over Dubai's crushing debt.
- As Obama Mulls Afghan Decision, A Look Ahead November 29, 2009President Obama is expected to announce his decision on troop levels in Afghanistan this week. When the president takes the podium at West Point on Tuesday, he'll draw not only from America's experience at war in Afghanistan, but from the Soviet Union's as well. Bruce Riedel of the Brookings Institution talks to guest host Robert Smith about t […]
- Swiss Voters Approve Ban On Minarets November 29, 2009In Switzerland on Sunday, voters approved a ban on the construction of minarets, the towers attached to mosques that broadcast the call to prayer.
- Challenges Remain In Bringing Sept. 11 Suspects To N.Y. November 29, 2009Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others are set to stand trial in New York City for the Sept. 11 attacks. They will be moved from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. NPR's counterterrorism correspondent Dina Temple-Raston tells guest host Robert Smith about the challenges in getting the prisoner to the New York cou […]
- Russians Mourn Victims Of Express Train Wreck November 29, 2009Relatives have begun the grim process of identifying loved ones killed in the wreck of a train Russian authorities say was blown off the tracks by a terrorist bomb.
- UAE To Back Banks Amid Dubai Meltdown November 29, 2009
- Miami Herald
- UN urges equal treatment ahead of Haiti elections November 27, 2009Haiti's U.N. peacekeeping mission urged local officials Friday to provide a justification for banning 17 political groups from participating in next year's legislative elections.
- Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Trinidad is prelude to global climate talks November 27, 2009Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday to a wave of enthusiasm but also concern as some world leaders wonder if they can reach an agreement on climate change ahead of an upcoming international summit, and some in the Caribbean question whether they should remain tethered to the British monarch.
- Haiti bans prominent party from 2010 election November 26, 2009Haiti's electoral council has banned the influential party of exiled former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from next year's legislative elections.
- Haitian-American politicians make new push for power November 25, 2009Haitian-American politicians from across the United States, eager to exert some influence over U.S. immigration laws, have forged an alliance in hopes of shaping legislation and policy toward Haiti.
- In Dominica elections, party offers `the only vision' November 20, 2009Caribbean voters living in the tiny island of Dominica will head to the polls on Dec. 18 for general elections, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced during a rally.
- Miguel H. Díaz is first Hispanic to represent U.S. at Vatican November 20, 2009
- Growth seen for Haiti, Guyana November 10, 2009Haiti and Guyana are the two countries in the Caribbean that are expected to post positive growth this year, despite a global economic crisis that sent financial shock waves through the region.
- Haiti prime minister nominee is a political survivor November 7, 2009The Haitian Senate unanimously approved a longtime technocrat as prime minister Friday, hoping that a man with long ties to Haiti's political power brokers and the international community can lead this nation through its fifth change of cabinets in five years.
- Dominican Republic town blames U.S. firm for birth defects November 6, 2009ARROYO BARRIL, Dominican Republic -- Maximiliano Calcaño is 2 and was born with no arms. ``When I was pregnant, I was dizzy, vomiting and could barely walk,'' said Maximiliano's mother, Anajai Calcaño, 20. ``My tooth cracked and fell out. Then my baby was born like that, without arms. Nothing like that had ever happened here befo […]
- Irish volunteers come together to build a new community in Haiti October 31, 2009Cillian Twomey is an eminent doctor, a geriatrician in his native Ireland. So what is he doing here, in this bleak, sweltering Haitian border town?
- UN urges equal treatment ahead of Haiti elections November 27, 2009
- AP World News
- Honduras hopes to move past coup with election November 29, 2009TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- Hondurans on Sunday elected a new president whose first challenge will be defending his legitimacy to the world and ending a crisis over a June coup that has isolated one of Latin America's poorest countries....By ALEXANDRA OLSON
- Iran plans enrichment sites in defiance of UN November 29, 2009TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran approved plans Sunday to build 10 industrial scale uranium enrichment facilities, a dramatic expansion of the program in defiance of U.N. demands it halt enrichment and a move that is likely to significantly heighten tensions with the West....By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
- Former rebel leader is Uruguay's president-elect November 29, 2009MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) -- A plain-talking former leader of leftist guerrillas who once sought power through kidnappings and bombings is now the president-elect of Uruguay....By MICHAEL WARREN
- UAE to back banks amid Dubai meltdown November 29, 2009DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- The United Arab Emirates has pledged to stand behind foreign and domestic banks in the country, offering additional money while extolling the strength of the Gulf nation's financial sector as world markets brace for a potential day of reckoning Monday over Dubai's crushing debt....By BARBARA SURK and TAREK EL-TABLAWY
- Swiss ban mosque minarets in surprise vote November 29, 2009GENEVA (AP) -- Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional ban on minarets on Sunday, barring construction of the iconic mosque towers in a surprise vote that put Switzerland at the forefront of a European backlash against a growing Muslim population....By ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS
- Honduras hopes to move past coup with election November 29, 2009
