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Haiti Earthquake: Victims Walk Across the Border to the Dominican Republic for Help

By Shani Saxon-Parrish | 01/15/2010 - 14:57 | 1 Comment

People in a small town in the Dominican Republic called Jimani are doing a big part in saving the lives of Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake victims.

The walking wounded are pouring across the Haitian border into Jimani, The...

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Aid Begins to Arrive as Red Cross Estimates 50,000 Deaths in Haiti

By Mariela Rosario | 01/14/2010 - 12:10 | 1 Comment

Planes are descending on Haiti as a number of nations send supplies, relief workers and aid to the devastated country. In a speech this morning, President Obama pledged $115 million to help the ravaged island nation and promised more to come as he tapped former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to help with...

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Haiti Devastated by Earthquake

By Mariela Rosario | 01/13/2010 - 10:50 | 2 Comments

Haiti, which shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic, has been rocked by a massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit around 5PM yesterday evening. The country's capital city, Port-Au-Prince, has been all but destroyed and the Red Cross is estimating that up to three million people have been affected.

Although this is the worst earthquake to hit...