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Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material.http://emm.newsexplorer.eu/NewsExplorer/entities/en/80383.htmlenhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100715/ap_on_re_eu/eu_france_haiti_hoaxhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100715/ap_on_re_eu/eu_france_haiti_hoaxAP - France's Foreign Ministry says it is considering legal action against the alleged perpetrators of an Internet hoax that claimed France would pay a huge indemnity Haiti demanded 125 years ago.Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200news-yahoo-95eac41b6433cc55a64944dd58980614news-yahooenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/cfYSlLDF2Fc/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/cfYSlLDF2Fc/index.htmlRefugees fleeing Kyrgyzstan's spasms of violence are accusing the central Asian nation's security forces of carrying out some of the deadly attacks.Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-486e4533832dcc9de1d2a2f862fe9e82cnnenhttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/echo/127685254642.htmhttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/echo/127685254642.htm18 Jun 2010 09:06:00 GMT Source: ECHO Since February this year, access to the troubled East Jebel Mara region which crosses into North, South and West Darfur has been impossible for international humanitarian aid agencies.Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200alertnet-5a58eeda8dfd4d77808ce232d0ba7d1ealertnetenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_mostpopular/~3/uX30aakKeUY/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_mostpopular/~3/uX30aakKeUY/index.htmlThe first United Nations' aid plane arrived Wednesday in Uzbekistan to help the thousands of people who have fled ethnic clashes in neighboring Kyrgyzstan, officials with a UN Refugee agency said Wednesday.Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-ce338d81e2a8e7e28e24be14306af249cnnenhttp://www.euronews.net/2010/06/07/four-palestinian-divers-killed-off-gaza/http://www.euronews.net/2010/06/07/four-palestinian-divers-killed-off-gaza/The funeral has taken place in Gaza of four Palestinian divers who were killed by the Israeli navy. The Israeli army says the men were intercepted…Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200euronews-en-ff0c958468434d871ea811b3fa4acd4eeuronews-enenhttp://www.euronews.net/2010/06/06/israel-likely-to-reject-international-inquiry/http://www.euronews.net/2010/06/06/israel-likely-to-reject-international-inquiry/Israel looks set to reject a proposal for an international inquiry into last week’s deadly raid by Israeli commandos on a Gaza-bound aid ship. The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has suggested a panel including representatives from Turkey – nine of whose nationals were shot dead – as well as Israel and the United States.Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200euronews-en-0f5f31780b3244d25bebd9df09d7cc94euronews-enenhttp://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6542W320100605?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20Reuters/UKWorldNews%20%28News%20/%20UK%20/%20World%20News%29http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6542W320100605?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20Reuters/UKWorldNews%20%28News%20/%20UK%20/%20World%20News%29KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's president said on Saturday the current round of Darfur peace talks would be the final negotiations with any armed group.Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200reuters-37d0711dac6296cf7c99ebc885d97569reutersenhttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126370077&ft=1&f=1001http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126370077&ft=1&f=1001After years of on-and-off civil war between northern and southern Sudan, southerners are expecting to vote next year on whether their semi-autonomous region should become an independent nation. No one knows for sure what independence will look like. But most southerners say it would feel just fine.Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200NPRnews-3d3cf5567b2b96e2ba470a866f98c281NPRnewsenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/10161640.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/10161640.stmServices for refugees could be hit when UN peacekeepers leave Chad later this year, the UN refugee agency says.Wed, 26 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-a4d15484bf807f12be9fff976a10a0bfbbcenhttp://allafrica.com/stories/201005140778.htmlhttp://allafrica.com/stories/201005140778.htmlThe United Nations refugee agency today sounded the alarm at the dramatic rise in both the frequency and brutality of attacks against civilians by a notorious Ugandan rebel group operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Sudan and the Central African Republic (CAR).Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200allafrica-fd9268c4bb08df997f1998b0a239f3f7allafricaenhttp://www.ngrguardiannews.com/africa/article01/030510?pdate=030510&ptitle=United%20Nation%20%20uncovers%20100%20bodies%20in%20Congo%20villagehttp://www.ngrguardiannews.com/africa/article01/030510?pdate=030510&ptitle=United%20Nation%20%20uncovers%20100%20bodies%20in%20Congo%20villageA VISIT by the United Nations investigators (UN) to a remote Congo area has revealed a gory sight of up to 100 people who were killed when the rebel Lord's Resistance Army attacked a village in north east of the country. A young woman with hacked-off lips and stitches where one ear used to be shakes her head when asked why rebels did this to her.Mon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200ngrguardiannews-b5ee6c042ca8c729c5cc3d6b75087db5ngrguardiannewsenhttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/world/02congo.html?partner=rss&emc=rsshttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/world/02congo.html?partner=rss&emc=rssOfficials said Saturday that the Lord’s Resistance Army rebel force killed up to 100 people in a previously unreported massacre in a remote corner of the country.Sun, 02 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200IHT-c0c88955e5099d2cf6bd70d425f14462IHTenhttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE64004M.htmhttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE64004M.htm* MONUC withdrawal to undermine aid efforts - UN aid chief * Pull-out should be based on benchmarks, not timetable By Thomas Hubert BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 1 (Reuters) - A hasty withdrawal of U.N. peacekeepers from Democratic Republic of Congo will undermine humanitarian work in the restive central African state, the top U.Sat, 01 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200alertnet-17532e6a2997300289cedb52bb54534aalertnetenhttp://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0401/haiti.htmlhttp://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0401/haiti.htmlInternational donors have pledged €3.9bn to Haiti in a worldwide drive to rebuild the country after January's shattering earthquake.Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200RTERadio-c8b470e4ca83ef4df4f28dedee503f3eRTERadioenhttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0401/1224267477438.htmlhttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0401/1224267477438.htmlTHE GOVERNMENT’s decision to withdraw Irish troops from the UN mission in Chad has raised eyebrows at UN headquarters in New York, with sources arguing that the move could have a negative impact on continuing talks with Chadian authorities over the future of the force.Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200irishtimes-e00611a74495f941ccf68cf91b7bcf72irishtimesenhttp://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/un%20chief%20reassures%20haiti%20victims/3579682http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/un%20chief%20reassures%20haiti%20victims/3579682UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has promised Haitians that the world has not forgotten the quake-torn nation as it suffers from a shortage of shelter and growing violence in teeming camps for the homeless. Security issues and the risk of flooding and disease in the squalid tarp-and-tent cities are....Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100channel4news-bd2fa58889e3520565d177086456fda9channel4newsenhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1257887/U-S-fury-Hillary-Clinton-accuses-Israel-insulting-Joe-Biden-visit.html?ITO=1490http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1257887/U-S-fury-Hillary-Clinton-accuses-Israel-insulting-Joe-Biden-visit.html?ITO=1490The Secretary of State said the announcement during Mr Biden's visit that Israel would build new settlements in disputed East Jerusalem was 'very unfortunate'.Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100dailymail-a7f76ed21e9b9712602f15ff6df6050edailymailenhttp://www.euronews.net/2010/03/12/rabat-shlomo-decision-triggers-us-israeli-spat/http://www.euronews.net/2010/03/12/rabat-shlomo-decision-triggers-us-israeli-spat/Ramat Shlomo in East Jerusalem has emerged as the spark for Palestinian anger, and a diplomatic crisis between Israel and the US. It is a Jewish quarter in a predominantly Arab area. And Israel’s green light for 1,600 new Jewish homes in the West Bank has fanned the flames of conflict once more.Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100euronews-en-a348a944326706ae80459a8e97a279f0euronews-enenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8560909.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8560909.stmBarack Obama warns that the crisis in quake-hit Haiti is not over, as he meets the country's president.Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100bbc-dce8d004c19a5e5d0ba471303f98dd35bbcenhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1256314/Israel-risks-peace-talks-giving-ahead-expand-West-Bank-settlements-Joe-Biden-flies-in.html?ITO=1490http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1256314/Israel-risks-peace-talks-giving-ahead-expand-West-Bank-settlements-Joe-Biden-flies-in.html?ITO=1490Further construction was allowed to take place at Beitar Illit despite the prime minister Benyamin Netanyahu promising a 10-month pause.Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100dailymail-cbbf96f7ea17d0f7c84b1d978e8bf3efdailymailenhttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N04171174.htmhttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N04171174.htm* Haiti GDP seen shrinking 10 pct: U.S. Treasury * Govt: Revenue back by June to 80 pct of pre-quake total * Haiti imports down, remittances up - U.S. Treasury * Multi-donor trust fund expected to finance recovery (Wraps in Treasury official's comments) By Matthew Bigg PORT-AU-PRINCE, March 4....Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100alertnet-01c762389983c61ea2c8e9d2613fc99balertnetenhttp://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/ppm6mQkFnpA/la-fg-mideast-talks4-2010mar04,0,744090.storyhttp://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/ppm6mQkFnpA/la-fg-mideast-talks4-2010mar04,0,744090.storyThe Arab League endorses the U.S. proposal, paving the way for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to say yes. A year after peace talks collapsed, Israelis and Palestinians appear headed back to the negotiating table -- just not the same table.Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100latimes-9db20a7ff8c5785a03a8508714f2d30flatimesenhttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7047411.ecehttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7047411.eceScores of Palestinian homes in one of Jerusalem’s most volatile neighbourhoods will need to be demolished to make way for a parks project under plans unveiled yesterday by the city’s Israeli mayor.Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100thetimes-e6461cb5f71da2f41473dfdff64eb1f7thetimesenhttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124005889&ft=1&f=1001http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124005889&ft=1&f=1001Duke University is offering a class in Haitian Creole to help volunteers headed to Haiti. Those teaching the course say that helping volunteers overcome the language barrier is one of the best ways to help them see victims as more than objects of need and desperation.Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100NPRnews-169b900a0d975cbd3c606dd95942ce09NPRnewsenhttp://www.euronews.net/2010/02/20/rain-threat-pours-further-pain-on-haiti/http://www.euronews.net/2010/02/20/rain-threat-pours-further-pain-on-haiti/Simmering frustration in Haiti is growing again, with the earthquake-hit population now facing up to another of Mother Nature’s tests. The rainy season may still be weeks away but already the first torrential downpours are adding to Haitians’ worries. Protests among those living in makeshift shelters are becoming more and more desperate.Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100euronews-en-39aaa9af6a158349617387e33c2e802beuronews-enenhttp://www.euronews.net/2010/02/19/un-launches-record-aid-appeal-for-haiti/http://www.euronews.net/2010/02/19/un-launches-record-aid-appeal-for-haiti/With the rainy season bearing down on Haiti, the recent storms have shown how fragile the situation is on the island. Homes only just scraped together from nothing have been washed away, inadequate sanitation overflows, and the misery deepens. That is why the United Nation’s Secretary General Ban....Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100euronews-en-a06131b6e48b8f0d54c224465e703f1beuronews-enenhttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/13/eveningnews/main6205550.shtmlhttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/13/eveningnews/main6205550.shtmlMore Than 1,300 Children From Earthquake-Ravaged Country Have Relocated to 2 Florida Counties Not Knowing if They Can StaySun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100CBSnews-fcdd0ad83f780c2b912a7ebcd8b2206aCBSnewsenhttp://www.euronews.net/2010/02/12/hurricanes-and-rain-threaten-more-haitian-misery/http://www.euronews.net/2010/02/12/hurricanes-and-rain-threaten-more-haitian-misery/A month after Haiti was rocked by a powerful earthquake, the survivors have been swamped by heavy rain, and are now facing a threat from the immiment hurricane season. With a million people living in the streets or in makeshift tent cities, the European Union said shelter is the most burning need in Haiti now.Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100euronews-en-9c9e396e8ae5f5d1ad13399f7882161deuronews-enenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/iC_W91k8aoE/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/iC_W91k8aoE/index.htmlFighting between Yemen's government and rebel forces erupted Friday as the two sides were working on a peace agreement, a local journalist said.Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100cnn-249cf1197ae8dc617a5b104a7e491aa2cnnenhttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE6132ID.htmhttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE6132ID.htm04 Feb 2010 18:10:00 GMT Source: Reuters * UN aid chief says Yemen humanitarian situation worsening * John Holmes warns that aid pipeline could dry up By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The humanitarian situation in Yemen ...Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100alertnet-3953488a13eed62d20df1fd397a28b1ealertnetenhttp://www.channel4.com/news/articles/uk/haiti%20charity%20single%20tearjerker/3523742http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/uk/haiti%20charity%20single%20tearjerker/3523742Updated on 02 February 2010 Source PA News The cover of REM's haunting ballad Everybody Hurts to raise money for Haiti earthquake victims has received the thumbs-up from fans following its first airplay. X Factor supremo Simon Cowell has worked with The Sun newspaper to put the single together for....Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100channel4news-e310acf5fc54189b8eb15e7a62a44c3echannel4newsenhttp://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0130/haiti.htmlhttp://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0130/haiti.htmlHaiti's leaders can point to progress since the earthquake devastated the country but just surviving the first weeks' chaos, hunger and overwhelming loss may be the easiest part of a long recovery.Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100RTERadio-1b538192cd835640ff12ad9be59fc94dRTERadioenhttp://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2826062/Haiti-victim-rescued-two-weeks-after-quake.html?OTC-RSS&ATTR=Newshttp://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2826062/Haiti-victim-rescued-two-weeks-after-quake.html?OTC-RSS&ATTR=NewsAMERICAN troops have pulled a man alive from collapsed building in Haiti, it is reportedWed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100thesun-676e4e570a8568de22df2d94b54f3829thesunenhttp://www.euronews.net/2010/01/26/haitians-struggle-while-funding-is-stepped-up/http://www.euronews.net/2010/01/26/haitians-struggle-while-funding-is-stepped-up/International efforts at securing funding for Haiti's future have been stepped up while starving survivors have been fighting for UN aid.…Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100euronews-en-2e62f21e2bdcc700a0938d845bc1e482euronews-enenhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/haiti/7067411/Haiti-earthquake-government-fears-toll-could-rise-to-300000.htmlhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/haiti/7067411/Haiti-earthquake-government-fears-toll-could-rise-to-300000.htmlFears that the number killed in the disaster could top the death toll recorded in the Asian tsunami in 2004.Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100telegraph-cf64dfdf015fb3ef77783c696d2c51dbtelegraphenhttp://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/stars%20unite%20for%20haiti%20telethon/3512782http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/stars%20unite%20for%20haiti%20telethon/3512782Updated on 23 January 2010 Source PA News With no words, just photos of Haiti's desperate citizens as a backdrop, the star-studded international Hope For Haiti Now telethon began today. In the event's first performance, Alicia Keys called for the help of angels in sombre song.Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100channel4news-b5e3563b4ddea3d20c9d4ea84b482360channel4newsenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/y2Xhk0-c4-s/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/y2Xhk0-c4-s/index.htmlLook here for news updates on the aftermath of a 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti. All times are Haiti local time, which is the same as Eastern Standard Time in the U.S. and five hours behind GMT. (CNN) Friday, January 22 6:40 a.m. -- Authorities pushing to clear earthquake-relief bottlenecks in the....Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100cnn-576919475821267889f46150a94d008acnnenhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/haiti/7043723/Haiti-earthquake-US-sends-4000-more-troops.htmlhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/haiti/7043723/Haiti-earthquake-US-sends-4000-more-troops.htmlThe US has redeployed 4,000 soldiers and marines to join the earthquake relief effort.Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100telegraph-438eb35a0b19df3c575c6625bcd41955telegraphenhttp://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/desperation%20amid%20quake%20aid%20logjam/3508437http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/desperation%20amid%20quake%20aid%20logjam/3508437Updated on 20 January 2010 Source PA News The world still cannot get enough food and water to the hungry and thirsty, one week after an earthquake shattered Haiti's capital. The airport remains a bottleneck and the port is a shambles. The Haitian government is invisible, nobody has taken firm charge, and the police have largely given up.Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100channel4news-69c7d7aa2b374f6d2215290859b7b99echannel4newsenhttp://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0119/haiti.htmlhttp://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0119/haiti.htmlA week after the earthquake in Haiti, a casualty report estimates 200,000 people have died.Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100RTERadio-84e907ff6b0a231a5b7a31e5a78c3194RTERadioenhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34934553/ns/world_news-haiti_earthquake/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34934553/ns/world_news-haiti_earthquake/Tens of thousands of children have been orphaned by the earthquake, aid groups say — so many that officials won't venture a number.Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100msnbc-30cd794f743e3b46c89805a3a9a11a83msnbcenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/8f07eed4-0470-11df-8603-00144feabdc0,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8f07eed4-0470-11df-8603-00144feabdc0.html&_i_referer=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/8f07eed4-0470-11df-8603-00144feabdc0,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8f07eed4-0470-11df-8603-00144feabdc0.html&_i_referer=By Benedict Mander in Port-au-Prince Published: January 18 2010 20:42 | Last updated: January 18 2010 20:42 Somewhere under the ruins of the colonial-era Roman Catholic cathedral in Port-au-Prince lies the body of Monsignor Charles Benoit, the Haitian capital’s vicar-general.Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100ft-c369c87f37386e08ae0e30f705b1e923ftenhttp://www.euronews.net/2010/01/17/earthquake-in-haiti-hillary-clinton-in-haiti-as-aid-floods-in/http://www.euronews.net/2010/01/17/earthquake-in-haiti-hillary-clinton-in-haiti-as-aid-floods-in/America will work with Haiti to make sure the country emerges ‘stronger and better’ after the devastating earthquake. That was one of the assurances given by Hillary Clinton during her visit to Haiti on Saturday. The US Secretary of State met with Haitian President, Rene Preval.Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100euronews-en-1b16635559be67d1d5f4252c934e5423euronews-enenhttp://www.euronews.net/2010/01/16/earthquake-in-haiti-us-to-impose-order-on-overwhelmed-haitian-airport/http://www.euronews.net/2010/01/16/earthquake-in-haiti-us-to-impose-order-on-overwhelmed-haitian-airport/Haiti’s fractured government has handed over control of the country’s main airport to the United States to impose order on the sheer volume of air traffic flying into Port-au-Prince. Waves of civilian and military planes poured into Haiti following Tuesday quake overwhelming the airport and filling the skies with aid flights unable to land.Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100euronews-en-16559cce14ee51b9a705eae18fd60a00euronews-enenhttp://www.thestar.com/news/world/haiti/article/751241--haiti-deaths-may-reach-200-000-1-415-canadians-missinghttp://www.thestar.com/news/world/haiti/article/751241--haiti-deaths-may-reach-200-000-1-415-canadians-missingAs many as 200,000 people died in the earthquake that devastated Haiti and and three-quarters of the capital, Port-au-Prince, will need to be rebuilt, authorities in the Caribbean country said Friday.Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100TorontoStar-fd270a1874b3053e35f040597bd018ecTorontoStarenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/Q0yHgn7RY-E/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/Q0yHgn7RY-E/index.html5:55 a.m. Friday, January 15, 2010 -- The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson is to arrive in Haiti on Friday, carrying 19 helicopters and 30 pallets of relief goods, Air Force Gen. Douglas Fraser said.Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100cnn-ac118899e1a4ec6c4d5347b767b18ac8cnnenhttp://www.euronews.net/2010/01/14/quake-hit-haiti-cries-for-help/http://www.euronews.net/2010/01/14/quake-hit-haiti-cries-for-help/Stunned and battered Haitians are waiting for help among the dead and injured in the hours after Tuesday’s powerful earthquake. Conservative estimates point to between 30,000 and 50,000 deaths. With the capital Port-au Prince in ruins, survivors are struggling to help themselves.Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100euronews-en-89f5b8256d52958dd86549d01db22b65euronews-enenhttp://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0113/haiti.htmlhttp://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0113/haiti.htmlThere are growing fears that thousands of people were killed in a massive earthquake which struck the Caribbean state of Haiti.Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100RTERadio-8b07a2a27af0d58f9d1d79e05f2a73baRTERadioenhttp://www.radioaustralia.net.au/asiapac/stories/200912/s2760209.htmhttp://www.radioaustralia.net.au/asiapac/stories/200912/s2760209.htmInternally displaced Tamils are starting to return to their homes after Sri Lanka's government gave permission for them to leave government camps where they've been detained since the country's civil war ended six months ago.Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100radioaustralia-e65a7b57fa5044ed6fe52b9cc327dd90radioaustraliaenhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091130/ap_on_re_eu/un_un_humanitarian_appealhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091130/ap_on_re_eu/un_un_humanitarian_appealAP - The United Nations asked Monday for $7.1 billion to pay for its humanitarian work around the world next year, with Sudan and its troubled Darfur region most in need and Afghanistan rising to second.Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100news-yahoo-2992d3905425c9e0682211eecba079fbnews-yahooenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/8382193.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/8382193.stmIndia seal their 100th Test victory by comprehensively beating Sri Lanka by an innings and 144 runs in Kanpur.Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100bbc-e43fb85a5012a383c22cf2ebac8b5f7fbbcenhttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6927593.ecehttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6927593.eceSri Lanka has pledged to free 136,000 Tamil civilians held in internment camps by December 1 and close the controversial facilities by the end of January.Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100thetimes-724a1f223fb475f92a1bb40458c9bc91thetimesenhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/srilanka/6622817/Sri-Lanka-to-release-136000-Tamil-war-refugees.htmlhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/srilanka/6622817/Sri-Lanka-to-release-136000-Tamil-war-refugees.htmlSri Lanka is to release the remaining 136000 Tamil refugees still detained in government camps since the country's civil war ended six months ago a top government official said.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100telegraph-05b00aa3a9e71415ec63fee7630b4971telegraphenhttp://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2009/11/07/sp-four-nations.html?ref=rsshttp://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2009/11/07/sp-four-nations.html?ref=rssThe Canadian women's hockey team won the Four Nations Cup tournament with a 5-1 win over the U.S. on Saturday in Finland.Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100CBC-2044e270e54fa182f8fe3762087b1906CBCenhttp://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/african-leaders-adopt-landmark-refugee-convention-20091024-hdlc.htmlhttp://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/african-leaders-adopt-landmark-refugee-convention-20091024-hdlc.htmlAfrican leaders on Friday adopted a convention -- billed as the first of its kind worldwide -- on the protection of the 17 million people on the continent who have fled their homes.Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200smh-fa06ae9a88700d470400d1018375099csmhenhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091022/wl_africa_afp/africanunionrefugeessummithttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091022/wl_africa_afp/africanunionrefugeessummitAFP - African leaders met Thursday for a landmark summit to improve the plight of 17 million displaced people and refugees on the world's poorest and most war-prone continent.Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200news-yahoo-b8a3fdb1494943f49d50f643e28a3a84news-yahooenhttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N17379613.htmhttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N17379613.htmBy Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - The United States plans deeper engagement with Sudan's government, rather than further isolating Khartoum as President Barack Obama advocated last year, a U.S. official said on Saturday. The policy change envisages a mix of "incentives and pressures,"....Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200alertnet-c8e0c15ae9658ad7202a28edaaacd937alertnetenhttp://allafrica.com/stories/200910161129.htmlhttp://allafrica.com/stories/200910161129.htmlAlready in the midst of one of the worst droughts in a decade, countries in the Horn of Africa are bracing for potentially devastating flooding triggered by El Ni-o weather patterns, the top United Nations humanitarian official warned today.Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200allafrica-4e1bfc22735522b095f9fe5d86c705adallafricaenhttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK544894.htmhttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK544894.htm15 Oct 2009 14:33:09 GMT Source: Reuters By Sunanda Creagh JAKARTA, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Governments in Asia's most catastrophe-prone areas should set aside one-tenth of their development funds to limit the risk of disaster, especially given ...Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200alertnet-3f9c2de6b6960f93cbc869d15db2f390alertnetenhttp://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/14/viva-bali.htmlhttp://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/14/viva-bali.htmlThe Jakarta Post | Wed, 10/14/2009 10:43 AM | Headlines Chairman of Bali Rising II Jusuf Wanandi (left) discusses a traditional Balinese painting with Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo at an art exhibition at Plaza Indonesia, Jakarta, on Tuesday. Featuring dozens of paintings from Ubud and Batuan, the show, which will run until Oct.Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200JakartaPost-312fdcb68e7ffe5c34ba40a975a08c2cJakartaPostenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8305296.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8305296.stmThe UN asks Yemen to stop sending people displaced by fighting to a camp close to a recent outbreak of shooting.Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200bbc-4944d517f491100b444cea860c05cad4bbcenhttp://www.arabtimesonline.com/kuwaitnews/pagesdetails.asp?nid=38048&ccid=11http://www.arabtimesonline.com/kuwaitnews/pagesdetails.asp?nid=38048&ccid=11ry spokesman quoted by the website of the defence ministry 26sep.net said that the operation in the city of Anad resulted in the deaths of 37 Zaidi Shiite rebels, who had been using the area as a launchpad for attacks against Saada. Another five rebels were killed in clashes with the army, while....Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200arabtimes-0adc54733fc967cc332c61dcc9bb68a4arabtimesenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e9f42742-b635-11de-8a28-00144feab49a.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e9f42742-b635-11de-8a28-00144feab49a.htmlALB, Saudi Arabia, Oct 10 - Much-needed aid for refugees fleeing fighting in a renewed Shi’ite revolt in northern Yemen was delayed for another day on Saturday and Yemen’s military said they had killed 100 rebels. The fighting between the army and insurgents of the Zaydi Shi’ite Muslim sect has....Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200ft-85f13e1c7c9fe07aa828e2ce625a358dftenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8300735.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8300735.stmRescue workers in the northern Philippines battle to reach people trapped in landslides and floods that have caused 225 deaths.Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200bbc-74329a0f0d7dcc49131b46e157d18dd7bbcenhttp://www.thehindu.com/2009/10/08/stories/2009100859591700.htmhttp://www.thehindu.com/2009/10/08/stories/2009100859591700.htm— Photo: AFP Simmering rage: Anti-war protesters in front of the White House in Washington D.C. on October 5. ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army on Wednesday asserted its position as the country’s pre-eminent power centre by openly coming out against the conditions laid down in a U.S.Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200Hindu-e79016f73001acfe614fe5862f0e2e77Hinduenhttp://www.ngrguardiannews.com/world/article01//indexn2_html?pdate=071009&ptitle=Indonesia%20sprays%20quake-hit%20city%20against%20diseasehttp://www.ngrguardiannews.com/world/article01//indexn2_html?pdate=071009&ptitle=Indonesia%20sprays%20quake-hit%20city%20against%20diseaseWednesday, October 07, 2009 Indonesia sprays quake-hit city against disease H EALTH workers have begun disinfecting the Indonesian city of Padang to ward off disease outbreaks. Also, helicopters have started dropping aid to desperate survivors six days after a devastating earthquake.Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200ngrguardiannews-6655f48fd70708c308670eff276ba1bengrguardiannewsenhttp://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=201563http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=201563SANAA: Arab governments moved on Sunday to support Sanaa in its bid to crush rebels in northern Yemen, while clashes broke out in the southern city ofMon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200NewsJang-en-d50dd42720f5a91800ef9da182bd6a5aNewsJang-enenhttp://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1003/indonesia.htmlhttp://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1003/indonesia.htmlWhole villages in Indonesia's quake zone have been found obliterated by landslides, as rescuers searched desperately for thousands believed still trapped in the disaster area.Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200RTERadio-097d210bf024d3ea1328c486cfe3efedRTERadioenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2147a9ce-aea9-11de-96d7-00144feabdc0.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2147a9ce-aea9-11de-96d7-00144feabdc0.htmlIndonesian authorities said on Thursday they were intensifying their rescue and relief operations for the tens of thousands of victims of an earthquake in West Sumatra that has left more than a thousand people dead and hundreds still feared buried under rubble.Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200ft-717162102085f722dc0e3e65a9650463ften