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As of Monday mudslides had killed 23 people near Cabaret (19 miles north of Port au Prince) - by Tuesday morning some estimates were as high as 43 for the country as a whole. According to the Haitian Government's Civil Defense Department 14,000 families have been affected, 1,000 homes have...
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On October 13 and 14 the Solidarity Cyclers rode their bikes on a 111-mile loop outside of Washington, D.C. to raise money for programs in El Salvador and Haiti. Solidarity Cyclers 2007 are: (left to right) Isham, David, Andy, Tom, Ryan, Rosa, and Burke
Tom, Andy, and Ryan rode for Haiti Reborn –...
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Floods have killed 23 people in Haiti. Below is a story from Jamaica-based Heartbeat News with links to additional stories. The rain is continuing a very dangerous situation.
Hardbeatnews, PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Mon. Oct. 15, 2007: Some 23 people were killed in Cabaret, Haiti Friday after...
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The following letter is being delivered to Congress today asking them to sign on to support the Jubilee Act, HR 2436. This is just one activity as part of the Cancel Debt Fast.
1 October 2007
Dear member of Congress,
We the undersigned organizations urge you to support HR 2634, the Jubilee Act...
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The Miami Herald listed pledges in assistance from the Venezuela government to countries in Latin America. The total pledged this year, $8.87 billion was signifcantly more than the United States sends each year (roughly $2 billion) -[note Bloomberg ran a story saying that U.S.
