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Security Council authorizes extra police for Haiti
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Anonymous writes "The Security Council has authorized the deployment of additional police officers to serve with the United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti as part of efforts to help boost the capacity of the country's national police to deal with the myriad challenges in the wake of January's catastrophic earthquake."
Note: Source: http://www.newkerala.com
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UN Captures Horrors And Heroism Of Haitian Quake
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Anonymous writes "Amelia Shaw lost colleagues and friends in an instant on 12 January when an earthquake toppled the headquarters of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti. Now she and other UN staffers are completing an ambitious project that they hope will go some way to memorializing the event – both the calamity itself, and the heroic efforts in the days and nights that followed."
Note: Source: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1005/S00482.htm
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U.S. to withdraw troops in Haiti
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Anonymous writes "The United States will withdraw 11,000 troops from Haiti, according to news reaching here from Port an Prince Wednesday."
Note: Source: Xinhua
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Aid slowly reaching Haitians as desperation grows
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Anonymous writes "Pushed to the far edge of desperation, earthquake-ravaged Haitians dumped decaying bodies into mass graves and begged for water and food Friday amid fear that time is running out to avoid chaos and to rescue anyone still alive in the wreckage."
Note: Source: AP, http://news.yahoo.com
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Aid groups struggle to get food, water to Haitians
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Anonymous writes "Aid workers hoping to distribute food, water and other supplies to a shattered Port-au-Prince are warning their efforts may need more security Friday as Haitians grow increasingly desperate and impatient for help. Hundreds of U.S. paratroopers arrived overnight to back up the relief effort."
Note: Source: AP; http//news.yahoo.com
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Deadliest ever incident for UN
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Anonymous writes "Thirty-six UN workers have been confirmed dead in Haiti’s devastating earthquake, making it the deadliest single incident ever in the world body’s history."
Note: Source: Al Jazeera, 15 January 2010
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Haiti quake: Survivors struggle while awaiting aid
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Anonymous writes "Turning pickup trucks into ambulances and doors into stretchers, Haitians struggled frantically Thursday to save those injured in this week's earthquake as desperately needed aid from around the world began arriving."
Note: Source: httpwww.news.yahoo.com
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Peacekeeping chief renews UN support for Haiti reforms
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Anonymous writes "The United Nations peacekeeping chief is
on a five-day field visit to Haiti, discussing with national and local
leaders the organization's mission in the Caribbean country where it
has been seeking to promote stability and development since an
insurgency in 2004, UN officials said here Tuesday. "
Note: Source: http://english.people.com.cn
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U.N. mission to Haiti to remain keeping peace
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Anonymous writes "The U.N. Security Council will likely keep peacekeeping troops in Haiti for another year, but will not heed Haitians’ calls to shift their focus to economic development in the storm-ravaged nation, the chief U.N. envoy to the country said yesterday. "
Note: Source: http://www.telegram.com
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UN Mission In Haiti Hopeful Of End To Impasse
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Anonymous writes "UN Mission In Haiti Hopeful Of End To Parliamentary Impasse Over Government"
Note: Source: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/print.html?path=WO0808/S00277.htm
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| Thursday, July 24 | | · | Canada lobbied China to extend UN mission in Haiti |
| · | U.N. report: Haiti children still abused |
| Sunday, April 13 | | · | UN says one of its soldier killed in its Haiti peacekeeping mission |
| Tuesday, April 08 | | · | Haiti: Situation Still Tense After Violent Protest |
| Tuesday, January 22 | | · | U.N. envoy warns against early Haiti withdrawal |
| Sunday, November 04 | | · | Sri Lankan peacekeepers in Haiti accused |
| Thursday, October 04 | | · | Staying The Course In Haiti And Consolidate Gains |
| Friday, April 27 | | · | UN Group Gives Cautious But Upbeat Assessment On Haiti |
| Thursday, February 08 | | · | Brazil Hosts Meeting On UN Peacekeeping Mission In Haiti |
| Saturday, November 25 | | · | Student demonstrators attack Filipino peacekeepers in Haiti |
| Monday, November 13 | | · | Two peacekeepers killed in Haiti |
| Monday, June 19 | | · | Haiti's slum of misery |
| Saturday, April 08 | | · | Spain assists UN in Haiti & DR Congo |
| Friday, March 31 | | · | United States Committed To Helping Haitian People, Says Bolton |
| Tuesday, March 28 | | · | New Haiti leader seeks world's help |
| Tuesday, March 14 | | · | Brazilian troops to remain in Haiti for now |
| Friday, March 10 | | · | Spain To Pull Out Of UN Peacekeeping Mission In Haiti |
| Friday, March 03 | | · | GREAT DECISIONS; Haiti Would Be a Perfect Laboratory for U.N. Peacebuilding |
| Friday, February 24 | | · | US peace mission to Haiti would cost twice that of UN |
| Wednesday, February 22 | | · | United States Wants New Haitian Government To Succeed, Rice Says |
| Thursday, February 09 | | · | UN: Post-Election Haiti Will Need International Help For Decades |
| Monday, February 06 | | · | Haitians caught in crossfire |
| Monday, January 30 | | · | UN Mission practices election security in Haiti |
| Monday, January 23 | | · | ‘A Very Dangerous Moment’ |
| Thursday, January 19 | | · | Two UN Peacekeepers From Jordan Killed by Gunfire in Haiti |
| Saturday, January 07 | | · | UN commander in Haiti 'kills himself' |
| Thursday, January 05 | | · | Haiti blames new election delay on U.N., OAS |
| Monday, December 26 | | · | Jordanian peacekeeper shot dead in Haiti |
| · | Canadian police officer shot and killed by gunmen in Haiti |
| Tuesday, December 20 | | · | U.S. copters requested to support Haiti election |
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