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Haiti In The News- Haiti's prime minister submits resignation letter February 24, 2012PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's Prime Minister Garry Conille has submitted a resignation letter to President Michel Martelly, several sources said on Friday. Conille's resignation comes amid political infighting between the two leaders over a parliamentary commission investigating whether some government ministers hold dual citizenship, which is […]
- Haiti PM abruptly resigns after short tenure February 24, 2012(02-24) 12:26 PST PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille abruptly resigned Friday after less than five months on the job in a political setback for President Michel Martelly, whose struggle...
- Haiti PM resignation threatens reconstruction February 24, 2012Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille abruptly resigned Friday after less than five months on the job in a political setback for President Michel Martelly, whose struggle to fill the top government post has hampered earthquake reconstruction and other development efforts.
- Haiti in renewed political turmoil as premier resigns February 24, 2012Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille offered his resignation Friday to President Michel Martelly after just four months in office, amid tension between the premier and government ministers.
- Haiti's Prime Minister Resigns February 24, 2012Haiti's prime minister Garry Conille submitted a letter of resignation (sans a suggested successor, evidently) to the country's president on Friday, barely two years after a devastating earthquake ripped apart Port-au-Prince and environs. Reuters broke the news around lunchtime, citing unnamed sources, and the details are not yet know, though the w […]
- Haiti Closer to Bringing Long-Term Democratic Governance to Its People February 22, 2012PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Haiti's Minister of the Interior, Thierry Mayard-Paul, speaking at Florida International University (FIU), stated that for the first time – perhaps ...
- Haiti PM resigns, president to give speech February 24, 2012Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille has abruptly resigned.
- Haiti Aid Group Warns of Cholera Surge February 24, 2012Haiti aid group warns of cholera surge on eve of rainy season
- Haiti prime minister abruptly resigns post February 24, 2012Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille abruptly resigned Friday after less than five months on the job in a political setback for President Michel Martelly, whose struggle to fill the top government post has hampered earthquake reconstruction and other development efforts.
- Haiti PM resigns after just five months February 24, 2012CONILLE'S resignation a setback to government struggling to rebuild country after devastating earthquake two years ago.
- Haiti's prime minister submits resignation letter February 24, 2012
- BBC Caribbean News
- BBC Caribbean's last day on airBBC Caribbean's final week of broadcasting at the end of an era which started with World War Two programming.http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/
- BBC Caribbean News in Brief Baby Doc hospitalised, operations at TCI airport expected to resume after sickout - and more.http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/
- BBC Caribbean in picturesIn pictures: A lookback at the years of BBC Caribbean and West Indian broadcasting to the Caribbean region.http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/
- West Indies crush woeful Bangladesh West Indies crush woeful Bangladeshhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/
- In pictures: It's J'ouvertOur Carnival picture gallery begins with Monday's fun J'ouvert as Dominicans take to the streets.http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/
- BBC Caribbean's last day on air
- NPR World News
- Hezbollah Suspect May Face U.S. Military Commission February 24, 2012To date, U.S. military tribunals have been reserved for al-Qaida and Taliban suspects. But now the Obama administration is seeking to try a Lebanese man accused of orchestrating the killings of five American soldiers in Iraq.
- Some Evacuated From Syrian City Under Siege February 24, 2012In Syria, medics working with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent are evacuating the injured from a neighborhood of Homs. The area known as Baba Amr has been under a long and heavy bombardment from Syrian government forces. Melissa Block talks with Saleh Dabbakeh, a spokesman for the ICRC who is in Damascus.
- 'Friends Of Syria' Group Calls For Ceasefire February 24, 2012Representatives from some 70 countries met in Tunis on Friday and issued an ultimatum to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, demanding an immediate ceasefire and humanitarian access to cities like Homs that have been under bombardment by the Syrian army. Audie Cornish talks to Michele Kelemen about the news.
- U.S. General Calms Troops After Afghanistan Deaths February 24, 2012The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan cautioned that now is not the time to seek revenge for the death of two Americans who were gunned down by an Afghan soldier during a protest over the burning of Qurans. Meanwhile, at least seven people were killed in fresh violence.
- Doctors: Dutch Prince May Not Regain Consciousness February 24, 2012Johan Friso, the second son of the Netherlands' Queen Beatrix, was struck by an avalanche last week while skiing off-trail in Austria. Doctors say he suffered massive brain damage.
- Hezbollah Suspect May Face U.S. Military Commission February 24, 2012
- The Economist: The Americas Section
- Mexico’s presidential election: Diaspora apathy February 23, 2012THE 12m or so Mexicans who live in the United States are equal to a tenth of Mexico’s population, and the remittances they send home make up over 2% of the economy. But when it comes to politics, they are far less influential. At the latest presidential election in 2006, they had the right to vote for the first time, but only 57,000 applied to do so.This yea […]
- Argentina’s inflation problem: The price of cooking the books February 23, 2012HISTORY has left Argentines with more than their share of economic trauma. Having twice suffered destructive bouts of hyperinflation in the late 1980s, they are sensitive to rising prices. When they spot inflation their instinct is to dump the peso and buy dollars. But after the economy collapsed in 2001-02, horror at mass unemployment temporarily eclipsed t […]
- Hugo Chávez: The Venezuelan patient February 23, 2012Chávez puts a brave face on bad news LITTLE more than seven months before he is due to face a presidential election, Hugo Chávez is to undergo a third operation for the cancer that was diagnosed last June. Following a swirl of rumours over carnival weekend, Venezuela’s president himself confirmed on February 21st that a “small lesion” had been detected durin […]
- Venezuela’s oil industry: Spilling over February 16, 2012No diving ON FEBRUARY 4th Hugo Chávez, Venezuela’s president, held festivities to celebrate the anniversary of a failed coup attempt he led in 1992. He had busloads of public workers brought into Caracas for the occasion. Among them were high-ranking employees of PDVSA, the state oil company.That same day, a pipeline carrying pressurised oil fractured in the […]
- Jails in Honduras: An avoidable tragedy February 16, 2012LIVING in the country with the world’s highest murder rate, Hondurans have grown grimly accustomed to untimely deaths. Yet even they must have been shocked to have woken on the morning of February 15th to reports of a further cruel consequence of the country’s gang- and drug-fuelled crime wave: a prison fire that claimed at least 350 lives. The blaze, at a j […]
- Mexico’s presidential election: Diaspora apathy February 23, 2012
- Miami Herald
- Haiti Prime Minister Garry Conille resigns after months in office February 24, 2012Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille, facing days of political pressure from the president, sent a resignation letter to President Michel Martelly.
- Haiti aid group warns of cholera surge February 24, 2012A Haiti aid group warns on the eve of the rainy season that the Caribbean nation will likely see a surge in cholera cases.
- Haiti police: 1 dead, 120 injured in Carnival fete February 23, 2012A police spokesman in Haiti says one person has been killed and 120 others revelers have been injured in accidents and in street clashes during Carnival festivities.
- Foreign community scrambling to stave off Haiti crisis February 21, 2012Hoping to stave off a political crisis in Haiti, the country’s leaders and foreign diplomats have been working to get the country’s executive and legislative branches to resolve their differences.
- Judge delays decision on cutting Haitian drug lord’s prison sentence February 21, 2012A federal judge delayed cutting a Haitian cocaine kingpin’s 27-year sentence by as much as half, saying he wanted more answers about the convict’s Port-au-Prince mansion and art collection — including a Monet painting.
- On eve of carnival, political crisis looms in Haiti February 18, 2012As Haitians prepare to celebrate pre-Lenten carnival, a looming political crisis is raising concerns among the country’s foreign friends.
- Haiti govt says president attacked while walking February 17, 2012Haitian President Michel Martelly was attacked as he walked in a Carnival procession in downtown Port-au-Prince, but he escaped unharmed, the National Palace said Friday.
- Media groups condemn raid against journalists in Trinidad February 16, 2012Leading media advocacy groups in the U.S. and Europe condemn recent threats to press freedom in oil-rich Trinidad and Tobago.
- UN says Haiti police force best body for security February 16, 2012Haiti's national police force is the best body for providing security in this poor nation and the government should concentrate on building up the force, a senior U.S. diplomat said Thursday.
- UN Security Council visits Haiti to review mandate February 14, 2012The U.N. Security Council began a four-day mission in Haiti on Monday to review the terms of its mandate and evaluate earthquake reconstruction efforts in the Caribbean country.
- Haiti Prime Minister Garry Conille resigns after months in office February 24, 2012
- AP World News
- 'Friends of Syria' vow support for opposition February 24, 2012TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton blasted Russia and China as "despicable" for opposing United Nations action on Syria, and more than 60 nations began planning a civilian peacekeeping mission to deploy after the Damascus regime halts a brutal crackdown on the opposition....By MATTHEW LEE and PAUL SCHEMM
- Chavez flies to Cuba for urgent tumor removal February 24, 2012CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Hugo Chavez bid an emotional farewell laced with references to Jesus Christ and independence hero Simon Bolivar as he departed Venezuela on Friday for Cuba for urgent surgery to remove a tumor he says is probably malignant....By FABIOLA SANCHEZ and VIVIAN SEQUERA
- Argentines discover 51st victim in train wreck February 24, 2012BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Argentine police have identified the 51st victim of Wednesday's train wreck as Lucas Menghini Rey, whose family's desperate search was emblematic of anger at the failure to protect people from long-known safety problems....By DEBORA REY
- At least 50 killed in Syria as regime pound rebels February 24, 2012BEIRUT (AP) -- President Bashar Assad's forces pounded rebel-held areas in central Syria on Friday, killing at least 22 people, activists said. More than 60 nations meeting in Tunisia asked the United Nations to start planning for a civilian peacekeeping mission that would deploy after the Syrian regime halts its crackdown....By ZEINA KARAM
- Haiti PM resignation threatens reconstruction February 24, 2012PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille abruptly resigned Friday after less than five months on the job in a political setback for President Michel Martelly, whose struggle to fill the top government post has hampered earthquake reconstruction and other development efforts....By TRENTON DANIEL
- 'Friends of Syria' vow support for opposition February 24, 2012
