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Woman, allegedly refused help, dies on flight
From the Associated PressAmerican Airlines today disputed the account of a man who said his cousin died aboard a flight after she was twice refused oxygen by a flight attendant. He also claimed that medical devices, including two oxygen tanks, failed. Struggling to breathe,...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Haiti, Instrument Engineering, Nursing, American Airlines, Inc.
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How to help
Agape Home http://www.plantingpeace.org Agape Home for HIV Positive Children, a four-bedroom home that cares for 10 children infected with HIV, is run by Aaron Jackson of Hollywood and John Dieubon, a Haitian translator and missionary. The home...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Anglicanism, National Government, National Institutes of Health, Health International Incorporated
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On the street
Life out here is tough: Surviving means begging, violence is rampant, and children make easy targets for gangs -- and each other. As a generation of AIDS orphans comes of age throughout the Caribbean, the situation, already grave, likely will only worsen....Tags: AIDS, Sex Crimes, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Crime, Law and Justice
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A thin line
No school, plenty of chores. Such is life for many of Haiti's children, who cook and clean in exchange for a place to lay their heads. The practice -- considered survival by some, slavery by others -- thrives as the number of AIDS orphans grows.
By Tim...Tags: AIDS, Dominican Republic, Haiti, UNICEF, Crime, Law and Justice
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At a crossroad
At 16, Charline Noel Jocelyn is thinking about her future and the world she will enter as an HIV-positive woman. She could return to the street. Or she could fulfill her mission of telling others that life with the virus is possible.
By Tim Collie...Tags: Forests, Politics, Epidemics and Plagues, Indigenous People, Diseases and Illnesses
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Movie review: James Bond 007 -- Quantum of Solace -- 4 out of 5 stars
Orlando Sentinel Movie CriticBrevity is the soul of Bond. That's a truism producers mercifully remembered for Daniel Craig's second outing as 007. Quantum of Solace may have the most cryptic title of a Bond film. It may be so action-packed as to give the "This is more Bourne...Tags: Max Payne (movie), Daniel Craig, Haiti, Judi Dench, Central Intelligence Agency
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Hurricane Ike shreds central Cuba, heads for Havana
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterHurricane Ike ripped through central Cuba on Monday, toppling colonial landmarks and forcing the evacuation of nearly 1 million people -- with more likely to be displaced as the powerful storm plowed toward populous Havana. Revolutionary leader Fidel...Tags: Bahamas, Weather Warnings, Havana (Cuba), Hurricane Preparedness, Condoleezza Rice
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Hurricane Ike roars across Cuba
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMIAMI -- Hurricane Ike churned through central Cuba today with 100 mph winds, whipping up a five-story storm surge that crashed over seaside towns and villages and toppled utility poles and dilapidated buildings. Images broadcast by Cuban state...Tags: Texas, Natural Disasters, Tropical Weather, Politics, Cuba
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Hurricanes and Haiti
The expression "sheets of rain" meant nothing to me until I lived in Haiti. I used to sit on a terrace on a low hillside in Port-au-Prince and watch the progress of rainstorms as they descended on the capital. The city sat below me, palms waving in the...Tags: Louisiana, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Texas, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Katrina (2005)
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Hurricane Ike batters Cuba for a second day
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMIAMI -- Hurricane Ike tore into western Cuba today, dumping up to 20 inches of rain on already ravaged tobacco and sugar cane crops after its destructive romp across the length of the island that left four dead and forced the evacuation of 1.3 million....Tags: Weather Warnings, Hurricane Preparedness, Havana (Cuba), Texas, Natural Disasters
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'Ghosts of Cité Soleil'
Times Staff WriterBuilt on a classic brother-against-brother narrative, Danish filmmaker Asger Leth's "Ghosts of Cité Soleil" is a forceful documentary set against the 2004 Haitian coup d'état that toppled the government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. An...Tags: Wyclef Jean, Haiti, Crime, Law and Justice, Documentary (genre), Movies
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