Tropical Storm Isaac hammers Haiti, targets Florida
Tropical Storm Isaac battered impoverished Haiti Saturday, leaving at least two people dead, as southern Florida braced for a possible hurricane during the Republican convention.
With winds of up to
Tropical Storm Isaac on course to strike Haiti
Tropical Storm Isaac gained strength Friday as it roared towards Haiti, where it was to make landfall later in the day, threatening survivors of a devastating 2010 earthquake.
Rains had already begun
27 killed in Haiti road accident: Hospital
At least 27 people were killed in a major road accident in Haiti on Saturday when a truck carrying people overturned on a highway south of Haiti's capital, hospital officials said.
"By now, we have c
Two Pakistani UN soldiers jailed for raping Haitian boy
Two UN peacekeepers from Pakistan have been sentenced to a year in prison and sacked from the army for raping a 14-year-old boy in Haiti, a media report on Tuesday said.
The soldiers were found guil
Haiti in renewed political turmoil as premier resigns
Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille offered his surprise resignation on Friday after just four months in office, amid tension between the premier and government ministers over issues of dual national
Haiti official: 23 die in truck crash
A Haitian official says 23 people have died after a truck's brakes failed and the vehicle crashed on one of the capital's busiest streets.
Nadia Lochard of Haiti's Civil Protection Office said today
Still in ruins: Haiti marks two years after quake
Haitians flocked to churches Thursday to mark the second anniversary of the catastrophic 2010 earthquake that killed a quarter-of-a-million people in the poorest country in the Americas.
The flattene
UN Council approves withdrawal of some Haiti troops
The UN Security Council on Friday agreed to withdraw nearly 3,000 blue-helmeted troops and police, bringing the unpopular force's size close to where it was before a devastating earthquake in January 2010.
UN to cut Haiti peacekeeping force
The UN Security Council on Friday ordered a cut in the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti and demanded strict enforcement of a 'zero tolerance' policy on sexual abuse after a rape case involving Uruguay
US journalist stages own rape to cure PTSD caused by Haitian rape victim
A US journalist staged her own rape to cure a post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which had been brought about by a Haitian woman’s real sex attack.
Mac McClelland met a woman she called Sybille w