Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Haiti ( ; Haitian Creole Ayiti ), officially the Republic of Haiti (; ), is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic.
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Four men have confessed they killed a Swiss woman after she began to investigate the finances of an orphanage in northern Haiti, a police official said Thursday.
Carl-Henri Boucher, a police chief for Haiti's northern department, said cellphone records led investigators to Jackson Mezil, the director and accountant of the orphanage.Boucher told radio station Scoop FM in a live interview that authorities believe Mezil initially attempted to kill Wesseler "Marie" Philippes with a pistol, but the gun jammed. Mezil, his brother Wilfrid and two hired assassins who were paid the equivalent of $62.50 then strangled the woman, the chief said.Police say the body of the 45-year-old Philippes was found May 22 near the town of Grande Riviere du Nord.The police department of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti had said the woman was found tied up in a Jeep and with wound to her head. In an interview with The Associated Press, Boucher couldn't explain the initial report of the head wound, ...Haiti's new prime minister says his government is drafting legislation on a newly emerging mining industry to ensure the impoverished Caribbean nation reaps its fair...
Sean Penn tried to turn the conversation at the Cannes Film Festival to Haiti, hosting a fundraiser for the earthquake-ravaged and poverty-stricken country.It was th...
Haiti moved to crack down on a band of former and would-be soldiers who had been staging protests for more than a year, closing two old military bases they had occup...
In a country where the news is typically bad, if not catastrophic, many people in Haiti look at the past year under a musician-turned-president with guarded surprise...
In a country where the news is typically bad, if not catastrophic, many people in Haiti look at the past year under a musician-turned-president with guarded surprise...
Hundreds of former and would-be soldiers in Haiti refused government orders to disband and marched through the capital on Friday, a show of force that culminated in ...
A Haitian official says two jailed Americans have been charged with conspiracy.Secretary of State for Public Security Reginald Delva said Sunday that Jason William "...
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A local sports hero, a New York real estate developer and a well-known architect are teaming up to build a soccer stadium in Haiti's notorious Cite Soleil, hoping to...
A local sports hero, a New York real estate developer and a well-known architect are teaming up to build a soccer stadium in Haiti's notorious Cite Soleil, hoping to...
The Haitian government has launched a program that uses mobile phones to transfer cash credits to mothers who keep their children in school.The program is called "Ti...
The leaders of a band of armed men pressing for the return of Haiti's military met with President Michel Martelly while he was a candidate in hopes that he would bri...
Two Americans jailed for allegedly driving a group of would-be soldiers during a protest demanding the restoration of Haiti's army face up to three years in prison i...
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