Tag Archives: Haiti
Haiti emergency aid conference opens in Montreal – YAHOO!
Posted on25. Jan, 2010 by admin.
MONTREAL (AFP) – Top world officials gathered in Montreal on Monday for emergency talks to hash out plans to rebuild Haiti, nearly two weeks after a killer earthquake devastated the impoverished nation. Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive …
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Stars unite to help Haiti in telethon – WCAX
Posted on23. Jan, 2010 by admin.
NEW YORK (AP) – Though the all-star telethon was titled “Hope for Haiti Now,” for most of its two hours, it was filled with tear-jerking, depressing moments, from mournful songs and grim-faced pleas from celebrities to the suffering faces of the …
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Stars unite to raise money for Haiti – Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Posted on23. Jan, 2010 by admin.
NEW YORK — Grim-faced celebrities and musicians with mournful tunes set the tone for the all-star, international “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon, which featured two hours of desperate pleas for an even more-desperate nation. But it ended on a hopeful …
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Celebrity telethon to help Haiti raises big bucks – Courier-Post
Posted on23. Jan, 2010 by admin.
NEW YORK — Though the all-star telethon was titled “Hope for Haiti Now,” for most of its two hours, it was filled with tear-jerking, depressing moments, from mournful songs and grim-faced pleas from celebrities to the suffering faces of the quake …
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UN: Haiti government calls off search and rescue – Associated Press
Posted on23. Jan, 2010 by admin.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government has declared the search and rescue phase for survivors of the earthquake over, the United Nations announced Saturday, saying there is little hope of finding more people alive 11 days after much of the …
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Stars unite to help Haiti in telethon – WTVF
Posted on23. Jan, 2010 by admin.
NEW YORK (AP) – Though the all-star telethon was titled “Hope for Haiti Now,” for most of its two hours, it was filled with tear-jerking, depressing moments, from mournful songs and grim-faced pleas from celebrities to the suffering faces of the …
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UN: Haiti government calls off search and rescue – San Francisco Chronicle
Posted on23. Jan, 2010 by admin.
Haiti’s government has declared the search and rescue phase for survivors of the earthquake over, the United Nations announced Saturday, saying there is little hope of finding more people alive 11 days after much of the capital was reduced to rubble …
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UN Says Haiti Government Ends Quake Search and Rescue Phase – Radio Free Europe
Posted on23. Jan, 2010 by admin.
An 84-year-old woman and 22-year-old man were rescued on January 22 in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, about 10 days after the magnitude 7.0 quake. More than 100,000 people were killed by the earthquake that rocked the impoverished Caribbean country …
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Celebs unite to $ave Haiti – New York Post
Posted on23. Jan, 2010 by admin.
The stars came out last night for Haiti. Scores of the top names in the music biz joined forces with a gaggle of celebs in a worldwide telethon to raise money for the earthquake-ravaged nation. “The Haitian people need our help,” said George Clooney …
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After ‘mistakes,’ Yele Haiti gets new accountants – Danbury News-Times
Posted on22. Jan, 2010 by admin.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The foundation of Wyclef Jean said Friday it has hired a new accounting firm after the Haitian-born rapper acknowledged the organization had made mistakes. The announcement came hours before Jean was to headline a globally …
