North-West (Haiti)

3 drowned Haitian migrants honored at North Miami Beach funeral

The bodies of three Haitian migrant women who drowned when the boat they were in capsized four months ago off Palm Beach County were buried Friday in North Miami Beach. In a morning service attended by about a dozen or so...

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Haitians find a buddy in Gables girl

Carrollton School's Elizabeth Perez was just 10 when she started Backpack Buddies to help poor schoolchildren in Haiti. CHRIS CUTRO / FOR THE MIAMI HERALD In a couple of weeks, a shipment of school supplies will travel from...

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Lewiston, Maine: Mayor Extends Farewell to Highly Praised Pediatrician

PRESS RELEASE: August 21, 2009 Mayor Laurent F. Gilbert, Sr., was recently approached by resident Abdihakim Abdi who readily praised the services of pediatrician Dr. Emault Louis of Pediatric Associates, Lewiston. L-R: Saido...

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Advocates: Release 2 Haitians To Bury Daughter

Advocates: Release 2 Haitians To Bury Baby Daughter Who Drowned When Boat Capsized Off Fla. (AP) Nearly three months after a boat overloaded with Haitian migrants capsized off South Florida's coast, the body of the youngest...

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2nd Haitian faces charged in fatal sinking

The Associated Press Published: June 9, 2009 Updated: 3 min. ago MIAMI - A second Haitian man faces alien smuggling charges as an alleged organizer and pilot of a voyage that ended with nine people dead when their boat capsized...

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Interdiction of Haitian migrant boat touches off drama at sea

U.S. authorities gave starkly different accounts of what happened on the high seas this week when an overloaded vessel of Haitian migrants trying to reach the U.S. mainland was intercepted by Coast Guard officials.

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The Dish: A conversation with Diroland Peithomme

Here is this week's The Dish: A conversation with Diroland Peithomme: Title: Executive chef of ViVi Ristorante, Coastland Center, 1728 U.S. 41 N., Naples, 434-8823. Hometown: Port de Paix, Haiti Experience: Graduate of a...

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Time to Deal with Haiti

Paul Farmer and Brian Concannon | April 21, 2009 Editor: Emira Woods and Emily Schwartz Greco When President Barack Obama went to Trinidad for the Summit of Americas, he brought the promise of "change" to a Latin America policy...

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Parker weds Jones

Julianna Hope Parker and Marc Brandon Jones were united in marriage in a ceremony 6 p.m. Feb. 28 at the historic Sooner Theatre in Norman, with the father of the groom officiating.The bride is the daughter of Allan Jr.

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United States Aids Caribbean Victims of Natural Disasters

Washington — Victims of hurricanes Gustav and Ike and other tropical storms that recently struck Caribbean nations are recovering with help from the United States. The U.S. Agency for International...

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