Haiti

Haiti’s ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier hospitalised

5 Mar 2013

An attorney for Jean-Claude Duvalier said Monday that his client was hospitalised for an unspecified illness just after the former ruler testified last week in court about alleged human rights...

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Haiti’s ‘Baby Doc’ answers questions in hearing

1 Mar 2013

Former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier appeared in a Haitian court for the first time Thursday after repeatedly shunning previous summons, answering questions on whether he should be charged with...

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Haiti’s ‘Baby Doc’ summoned to court after no-show

22 Feb 2013

A Haitian judge on Thursday summoned Jean-Claude Duvalier to appear in court after the former dictator defied an order to attend a hearing to determine whether he should again face charges for...

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Briefs, January 27, 2013

27 Jan 2013

Unidentified attackers blew up Yemen's main oil pipeline, forcing the country to shut down one of its most lucrative sources of income. A government source said production was halted after a...

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Briefs, December 12, 2012

12 Dec 2012

Mandela responding to treatment for infection

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Hurricane Sandy deals Haiti worst blow to recovery since earthquake

19 Nov 2012

A woman who lost everything now gives her children coffee for meals because it quiets their stomachs a bit. Another despondent mother relives the awful moment when her 18-month-old baby was swept...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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4:27AM

Zombie prince returns

What?

What's happened? 'Baby Doc' Duvalier has returned to Haiti. He has been before a judge who will decide whether or not to charge him with corruption.

Who?

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Pledges of help still buried in the rubble

A year after the catastrophic Haitian earthquake, reconstruction in the impoverished island nation has yet to begin.

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Renaissance period

As we gear up for Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen's penultimate policy address, political parties have handed in over 1,000 policy recommendations. I don't have a list showing how Tsang...

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letters

E-books make reading easier

I agree with the writer of a recent letter that welcomed the arrival of e-books.

E-books reduce storage problems and do not get old and...

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Raise money for Haiti on night out at Zuma

The To Kwa Wan building collapse was tragic, but imagine that happening to the entire street and then you'll get a sense of the enormity of Haiti's earthquake. A group of local professionals has...

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School quake drive

Pupils at a school in a Ma On Shan are raising money to help survivors of the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti.

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