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First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 47 mins ago - 35 Documents

Cuba earthquake of magnitude 5.6 near Guantanamo

HAVANA - An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 occurred Saturday near Guantanamo (eastern Cuba), followed by a replica of 4.8, which did not cause any casualties or damage but have caused much fear among the local population, reported Cuban media.The epicenter ... [Published 47 mins ago by Ennahar Online]

Entities: Guantanamo (Cuba), Earthquake, Cuba

First Reported Mar 20 2010 - Updated 5 hours ago - 13 Documents

New tip leads Aruba to search for Natalee Holloway remains

ORANJESTAD, Aruba Authorities will search once again for a missing U.S. teen after an American couple took an underwater picture of what they believe might be Natalee Holloway's remains, a spokeswoman for the prosecutors' office told The Associated Press ... [Published 5 hours ago by Houston Chronicle]

Entities: Natalee Holloway, Aruba, Mountain Brook (United States), Manheim (United States), Oranjestad (Aruba)

First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 3 Documents

Haiti's cultural heritage faces quake extinction

Brilliant colors shine through the ruins of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite, fragments of wonderful murals that were the climax of Haiti's artistic explosion 60 years ago. For gallery owner Toni Monnin, the loss of irreplaceable frescoes by the ... [Published 11 hours ago by France24 - france]

Entities: Earthquake, Haiti, Detonation

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 Documents

Bill Clinton

With Cheap Food Imports, Haiti Can't Feed Itself

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The earthquake not only smashed markets, collapsed warehouses and left more than 2.5 million people without enough to eat. It may also have shaken up the way the developing world gets food. Decades of inexpensive ... [Published 12 hours ago by The Huffington Post | Full News Feed]

Entities: Haiti, Agriculture, Bill Clinton

First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 3 Documents

Haiti rebuilding efforts continue

More than two months have passed since an earthquake left hundreds of thousands of Haitians dead or injured, but the rebuilding process is still in its earliest stages. ... [Published 15 hours ago by Local News for Dothan Eagle]

Entities: Haiti, Earthquake

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated 21 hours ago - 3 Documents

Jacques Diouf

Diouf kicks-off spring planting season in Haiti

Agriculture, rural development, reforestation key to greener, more productive futureFAO Director-General Jacques Diouf digs in during the launch of the 'Fruit Trees for Haiti' initiative.15 March 2010, Port-au-Prince/Rome – A significant increase in national ... [Published 21 hours ago by FAO]

Entities: Jacques Diouf, Haiti, Reforestation, Food And Agriculture Organization

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 20 2010 - 25 Documents

Former "lawyer" for U.S. missionaries in Haiti arrested

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic A fugitive who once acted as the attorney for U.S. Baptist missionaries accused of kidnapping 33 Haitian children was arrested on human-trafficking charges, authorities said Friday.Jorge Puello, 32, was detained as ... [Published Mar 20 2010 by Denver Post]

Entities: United States, Haiti, Popular Action (SV)

First Reported Mar 20 2010 - Updated 10 hours ago - 3 Documents

In Defence of Cuba - SIGN THE PETITION

In Defense of Cuba In response to the European Parliament Resolution of March 11 regarding Cuba, we intellectuals, academics, social activists, critical thinkers and artists of the Network in Defense of Humanity declare:1. That we share the sensibility ... [Published Mar 20 2010 by Indymedia Ireland]

Entities: Cuba, Petition, Human Rights, Interference

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 20 2010 - 24 Documents

Deal near for Gitmo's closure

WASHINGTON: The White House is nearing a bipartisan deal with US lawmakers to close the Guantanamo Bay prison by putting more detainees on trial before military commissions, a report said on Friday.The prospective deal would allow military tribunals to ... [Published Mar 20 2010 by The News International]

Entities: Detainee, Lindsey Graham, Military/Armed Forces, Guantanamo (Cuba), Richard Durbin

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 10 Documents

Amnesty International: Amnesty on the ground: The daily struggle in Haiti's camps

By Gerardo Ducos, Amnesty International delegate on mission in Port-au-Prince Haiti Two months after the earthquake, thousands in Port-au-Prince and elsewhere still await a first glimpse of humanitarian aid. In the four makeshift camps ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed]

Entities: Amnesty International, Haiti, Port-au-Prince

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 14 Documents

Senate resolution supports dissidents and calls for release of 'all political prisoners'

The Cuban government is unlikely to react passively to Senate Concurrent Resolution 54, which was agreed to unanimously Thursday on Capitol Hill. Its House equivalent is Concurrent Resolution 251.As introduced on March 10, the document says the Congress ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by Miami Herald]

Entities: Cuba, Lesley Clark, Human Rights, George LeMieux

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 4 Documents

Haiti Seeks to Restore Functions with International Aid

Santo Domingo.- The Haitian government's purpose is to immediately re-establish the basic functions of the State and guarantee governance, concluded those who attended the Technical Preparatory Conference on its Final Declaration, which was published ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by PeriÃ³dico La Demajagua]

Entities: Haiti, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), Dominican Republic, World Bank Group

Quotes

...'Gen. McCrystal's singular focus is on making sure our military campaign is successful,' the senior Defense official said. "Anything that potentially complicates that is something they are reluctant to embrace." There are about 800 prisoners at Bagram, but fewer than 10 are foreign fighters not captured in Afghanistan or in the Afghan-Pakistani border region...

U.S. may expand use of Afghanistan prisons [Los Angeles Times - 29 mins ago]

"Police officers have walked the streets with megaphones to tell people not to stay in their homes, there may be a strongest quake. But a little later the local television said that everything was alright that we could go home ', for his part, said one resident, Reuben Robaina."

Cuba earthquake of magnitude 5.6 near Guantanamo [Ennahar Online - 47 mins ago]

The firm then filed documents on the United States Department of Justice website claiming that it represented the Government of Jamaica. "We will be speaking with members of the (US) executive branch to provide information on issues regarding existing political and economic matters, including existing treaty agreements between Jamaica and the US" the firm stated in its documentation

Was money paid to lobby the US for 'Dudus'? [Jamaica Gleaner - 48 mins ago]

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