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- From Haiti, with Rainn: Day 4 (USA Today) November 16, 2009The Office star Rainn Wilson recently embarked on a charity trip to Haiti and kept a diary detailing his adventures for USA TODAY. Read about his voyage:
- Cooksey scores 18, D'Haiti tallies double-double as Youngstown State crushes D-III Hiram 81-41 (WQAD Moline) November 15, 2009YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Vance Cooksey scored 18 points and Eddie D'Haiti had 12 points and 10 rebounds, leading Youngstown State to an 81-41 rout of Hiram College on Sunday.
- Storm-Ravaged Haitian City Waging Uphill Battle Against Nature (New York Times) November 16, 2009GONAIVES, Haiti -- More than once, Haiti's
- From Haiti, with Rainn: Day 2 (USA Today) November 13, 2009More from Rainn Wilson's Haiti blog:
- Youngstown State routs Hiram 81-41 (AP via Yahoo! Sports) November 15, 2009Vance Cooksey scored 18 points and Eddie D'Haiti had 12 points and 10 rebounds, leading Youngstown State to an 81-41 rout of Hiram College on Sunday. DeAndre Mays and Vytas Sulskis added 10 points apiece for the Penguins (1-1), who outrebounded the Division III Terriers (0-1) 59-23. Dallas Blocker grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the Penguins.
- Hotelier launches new Hope for Haiti (Miami Herald) November 13, 2009When Julie Grimes saw the harrowing headlines following a string of deadly storms that battered a fragile Haiti last year, the local hotelier knew she could not simply sit idle. But Grimes, the owner-representative of Miami's Doubletree Grand and Hilton Bently on South Beach, wanted to do more than the usual relief drives. She wanted to build something […]
- From Haiti, with Rainn: 'Office' actor details charity trip (USA Today) November 12, 2009The Office star Rainn Wilson recently embarked on a charity trip to Haiti and kept a blog of his adventures for USA TODAY. Read about his voyage.
- Vulnerable in Haiti need climate adaptation costs covered (Oxfam) November 13, 2009Countries like Haiti have not been responsible for climate change and need urgent support to cope, reports Savio Carvalho. Can you imagine your country experiencing three hurricanes in one year?
- Afghan gov't announces anti-corruption squad (AP via Yahoo! News) November 16, 2009Afghan officials announced a new anti-corruption unit and major crime fighting force Monday amid stiff international pressure to clean up the government following a fraud-tainted presidential election.
- Youngstown State routs Hiram 81-41 (The East Liverpool Review) November 16, 2009YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Vance Cooksey scored 18 points and Eddie D'Haiti had 12 points and 10 rebounds, leading Youngstown State to an 81-41 rout of Hiram College on Sunday.
- From Haiti, with Rainn: Day 4 (USA Today) November 16, 2009
- BBC Caribbean News
- Guyana eyes forest cashGuyana steps out on a path to secure international financial backing to save its ample rainforest.http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/
- BBC Caribbean News in BriefGrenada minister confident of climate change deal, S&P warns of further Barbados downgrade - and more.http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/
- The Diaspora Debate How engaged are the Caribbean and its diaspora, and how engaged should they be?http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/
- The Caribbean and global warmingNew projections of sea level rises of around three feet highlight the vulnerability of coastal communities in several Caribbean nations.http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/
- UK to 'tighten' migration rulesttt
- Guyana eyes forest cash
- NPR World News
- Fun? In Baghdad? A Theme Park Seeks A Comeback November 16, 2009During the time of Saddam Hussein, Iraqi families flocked to Baghdad Island, a sprawling, once-popular Baghdad amusement park. Destroyed by looting after the 2003 U.S. invasion, the park is now undergoing revitalization, with the help of the U.S. Army.
- U.N.: Once-Secret Iran Nuclear Site To Start In 2011 November 16, 2009The International Atomic Energy Agency releases a report stating that Iranian technicians have moved technical equipment into a previously secret uranium enrichment site in preparation for starting it up in 2011. But it notes enrichment at another site is stagnating.
- Gadhafi Urges Italian Women To Convert To Islam November 16, 2009The women were hired by a modeling agency to attend an event with the Libyan leader, according to an Italian news agency. Gadhafi was in Rome to attend a U.N. summit on world hunger.
- Australia Apologizes To British Child Migrants November 16, 2009Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issues a historic apology to thousands of impoverished British children shipped to Australia with the promise of a better life. But his government rules out paying compensation for the abuse and neglect that many suffered.
- Obama Pushes China To Stop Censoring Internet November 16, 2009The president uses a town hall-style meeting with university students in Shanghai to focus on human rights, one of the trickiest issues separating China's communist government and the United States. Later, President Obama met with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing.
- Fun? In Baghdad? A Theme Park Seeks A Comeback November 16, 2009
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- Miami Herald
- New Haiti PM promises to focus on investment November 12, 2009Haiti's new prime minister was inaugurated Wednesday and promised to attract more investment and create jobs, while forging good relations with lawmakers who have ousted two heads of government in as many years.
- New prime minister confirmed by lawmakers in Haiti November 11, 2009Lawmakers overwhelmingly gave final approval to Jean-Max Bellerive as Haiti's new prime minister Tuesday, making him the sixth person to hold the post since 2004 in this politically unstable nation.
- 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.
- Nominee for Haitian PM clears first hurdle November 6, 2009Haitian senators have taken a key first step toward replacing the prime minister they ousted a week ago.
- 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?
- In S. Florida, Haitian PM's dismissal met with fears, little surprise October 30, 2009When dozens of Haitian leaders mingled at a luncheon fundraiser on a cruise ship docked at the Port of Miami, one topic kept popping up over and over: The imminent dismissal of Prime Minister Miche`le Pierre-Louis.
- Haiti calm after firing of Prime Minister Michèle Pierre-Louis October 30, 2009Schools opened, public transportation ran as usual and Haitians went about their daily struggle Friday as this Caribbean nation awoke to find that Prime Minister Miche`le Pierre-Louis' year-old government had been toppled overnight.
- Haitian Senate fires prime minister October 30, 2009Haiti's Senate voted just after midnight Friday to dismiss Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis, following almost 10 hours of debate. Senate President Kely Bastien, who is not allowed to cast a vote under Senate rules, said a letter will be sent to President René Préval notifying him of the Senate's 18-0 decision.
- New Haiti PM promises to focus on investment November 12, 2009
- AP World News
- Obama prods China to take global role on climate November 16, 2009BEIJING (AP) -- Aiming beyond mere rivalry, President Barack Obama declared Monday in his first visit to China that the U.S. and the Chinese carry a "burden of leadership" as he meets with President Hu Jintao to confront climate change, nuclear proliferation and other urgent global problems. Economic and trade tensions shadowed their talks....By JENNIFER LOVEN
- UN: Once-secret Iran nuclear site to start in 2011 November 16, 2009VIENNA (AP) -- Iranian technicians have moved highly sophisticated technical equipment into a previously secret uranium enrichment site in preparation for starting it up in 2011, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a new report Monday....By GEORGE JAHN
- 12 Afghans killed in attack on meeting with French November 16, 2009TAGAB VALLEY, Afghanistan (AP) -- Rockets slammed into a market northeast of Kabul on Monday, killing 12 civilians but missing their presumed target: a meeting between France's top general in Afghanistan and dozens of tribal elders and senior local officials....By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU
- Gunmen kill 13 men execution style west of Baghdad November 16, 2009BAGHDAD (AP) -- Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms abducted and killed 13 people whose bodies were found Monday with gunshot wounds to the head, including a local leader of Iraq's largest Sunni party, which once helped fight al-Qaida....By RYAN LUCAS
- Mistress' diary: Mussolini was fierce anti-Semite November 16, 2009ROME (AP) -- Benito Mussolini was a fierce anti-Semite, who proudly said that his hatred for Jews preceded Adolf Hitler's and vowed to "destroy them all," according to previously unpublished diaries by the Fascist dictator's longtime mistress....By ALESSANDRA RIZZO
- Obama prods China to take global role on climate November 16, 2009
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