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Haiti crowds defy ban to 'protect' ex-President Aristide

Flanked by body guards, former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, center, greets supporters as leaves the courthouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, May 8, 2013.

BBC News: Thousands of supporters of Haiti's former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide have defied a ban on protests to follow his convoy through the streets. Mr Aristide was...

Former Haiti president emerges to testify in court

Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide speaks during a press conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. Exiled former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide said Friday he was ready to return to his quake-devastated country, but it was not clear when or how.

Philadelphia Daily News: The Associated Press Posted: Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 9:26 AM PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is making a rare public appearance as...

Haiti launches vaccination campaign against fatal childhood diseases

Haiti launches vaccination campaign against fatal childhood diseases

The Miami Herald: A year after Haiti launched an ambitious vaccination campaign against several childhood diseases including measles and polio, the country announced Saturday a similar...

Who Owns Haiti's Future?

Who Owns Haiti's Future?

Huffington Post: It has been three years since a devastating earthquake stopped clocks in Haiti at 4:53 PM. It seemed that Haiti was also stopped dead in her tracks, and for those who...

Port-au-Prince Slideshow

A woman carries a relative suffering cholera symptoms as she passes through a container of disinfectant upon arrival to the Doctors Without Borders temporary hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010.

photo: AP / Emilio Morenatti

BBC News: UN rejects Haiti cholera compensation claims

Crop in a farm-agriculture-India.

photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam

The Guardian: A serious food crisis is brewing in Haiti – here's how to stop it

Acting SRSG Edmond Mulet walks with the visiting United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon in front of the damaged Hatian National palace. Port au Prince, Haiti was rocked by a massive earthquake, Tuesday January 12, 2010, devastating the city and leaving thousands dead.

photo: UN / Logan Abassi

The Guardian: UN names new acting head for mission in Haiti

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon greets people during the 67th session of the General Assembly at U.N. headquarters

photo: AP / Seth Wenig

Star Tribune: UN Secretary-General names new head for peacekeeping mission in Haiti

Haiti: top UN official calls for delayed elections to be held within the year

photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe

United Nations: Haiti: top UN official calls for delayed elections to be held within the year

Indian peacekeepers help displaced in Haiti

photo: UN / Mark Garten

Newstrack India: Indian peacekeepers help displaced in Haiti

Chief of MINUSTAH Mariano Fernendez gives a speech during the medal ceremony. Peru United Nations Peacekeepers are awarded the UN medal of recognition for their service to the UNited Nations Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) in Port au Prince, April 27, 2012.

photo: UN / Logan Abassi

CNTV: Interview: Political stability crucial to Haiti's recovery

A Haitian national flag flies at half-mast on the front lawn of the former National Palace, marking the 3rd anniversary of the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013.

photo: AP / Dieu Nalio Chery

WPXI: Haiti quietly marks quake's 3rd anniversary

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon holds a press conference inside the Ouagadougou Conference Centre in Sirte, Libya, where he attended the 22nd Summit Conference of the League of Arab States.

photo: UN / Evan Schneider

PhysOrg: UN chief names special advisor for Haiti cholera

2012 UN Day Concert: "A Message of Peace” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks at the start of this year’s UN Day Concert, “A Message of Peace”, headlined by UN Peace Messenger and American music legend, Stevie Wonder.

photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe

United Nations: Renowned US doctor appointed to support UN efforts to eliminate cholera in Haiti

A girl walks throught the flooded streets of her neighbourhood. Heavy rains overnight on Thursday 09, 2012 in Haiti's northern city of Cap Haitian left streets, homes and fields flooded and hundreds of people homeless and up to 15 people dead.Photo Logan Abassi UN/MINUSTAH

photo: UN / Logan Abassi /MINUSTAH

Jakarta Globe: UN Launches Major Cholera Appeal For Haiti

Haitian relief workers assist service members embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) unload food and water to aid those affected by recent hurricanes that have struck Haiti.

photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Erik C. Barker

BBC News: UN: Haiti faces 2013 food shortage after Hurricane Sandy

Will Haiti host Caricom summit?

photo: US DoD / US DoD

Jamaica Observer: Will Haiti host Caricom summit?

Residents work to recover their personal possessions from their flattened home in a camp for displaced people in Port au Prince. Tropical storm Isaac passed across Haiti overnight with high winds and heavy rains, flooding low lying areas of the capital and flattening camps for displaced people from the January 2010 earthquake. Photo Logan Abassi UN/MINUSTAH

photo: UN / Logan Abassi

Al Jazeera: Haiti appeals for foreign aid in Sandy's wake

Hurricane Sandy passed to the west of Haiti on 25 October, causing heavy rains and strong winds, flooding homes and overflowing rivers. Residents of an island off the south west coast of Haiti rush to gather aid goods dropped off by a humanitarian mission of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).

photo: UN / Logan Abassi

Xinhua: Food insecurity major concern after Hurricane Sandy strikes Haiti: UN official

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, unseen, in Beijing

photo: AP / Feng Li, Pool

Tulsa World: Hillary Clinton urges investment in Haiti

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a joint press conference with New Zealand Prime Minister John Key at the New Zealand high commissioner's house in Rarotonga, Cook Islands

photo: AP / Jim Watson

The Miami Herald: U.S. Secretary of State Clinton to inaugurate Haiti industrial park

UN extends Haiti peacekeeping mission

photo: UN / Rick Bajornas

Al Jazeera: UN extends Haiti peacekeeping mission

Haiti's presidential candidate and hip hop singer Wyclef Jean, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his mother's house in Croix de Bouquets, Haiti, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010.

photo: AP / Ramon Espinosa

The Independent: Wyclef Jean faces criminal probe over Haiti charity

Security Council extends mandate of UN peacekeepers in Haiti for another year

photo: UN / Rick Bajornas

United Nations: Security Council extends mandate of UN peacekeepers in Haiti for another year

Haiti: Housing Exposition Exposes Waste, Cynicism

photo: WN / Marzena J.

Huffington Post: Haiti: Housing Exposition Exposes Waste, Cynicism

U.N. Security Council says progress being made in Haiti, but peacekeepers should remain

photo: UN / J Carrier

The Miami Herald: U.N. Security Council says progress being made in Haiti, but peacekeepers should remain

Haiti's Second Goudougoudou: The Global Food Crisis

photo: WN / Marzena J.

Huffington Post: Haiti's Second Goudougoudou: The Global Food Crisis

UN: $2.79 Billion Pledged Toward Haiti Released

photo: UN / Victoria Hazou

The New York Times: UN: $2.79 Billion Pledged Toward Haiti Released

Art of Haiti, made 'In Extremis'

photo: WN / Marzena J.

The Los Angeles Times: Art of Haiti, made 'In Extremis'