JONATHAN M. KATZ

Associated Press Writer
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New Haiti PM promises to focus on investment

Haiti's new prime minister was inaugurated Wednesday and promised to attract more investment and create jobs, while forging good relations with lawmakers who have ousted two heads of government in as many years.

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UN plans return for soldiers killed in Haiti crash

A U.N. spokesman says the bodies of six Uruguayan and five Jordanian peacekeepers recovered from a plane crash in Haiti will be flown to their home countries.

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Clinton 'hated,' but defends, Haiti embargo

Bill Clinton grimaced Friday as he recalled the severe embargo he oversaw as president against Haiti's then-brutal regime, a move that destroyed the very economy he is now fighting to revive.

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Clinton tours historic palace in Haiti tourism bid

Bill Clinton, slathered in sunscreen, urged Americans to explore the riches of Haitian tourism on Friday as he took a VIP trip to a mountain palace and a nearby beach where a cruise ship pier is being built.

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For some Dominican players, steroids worth risk

A monument to baseball greets visitors to this city known as "the cradle of shortstops." Children in San Pedro de Macoris grow up playing ball behind tin shanties and on fields cut from sugar plantations.

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Author hopes 'genius grant' will shine on Haiti

Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat hopes her "genius grant" from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation will bring attention to the wealth of talent struggling to be heard in her impoverished Caribbean homeland.

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Kouchner: UN should stay in Haiti through election

France's foreign minister urged the U.N. to maintain peacekeeping troops in Haiti at least through next year's planned presidential elections, while acknowledging improved security in the impoverished, politically chaotic country.

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Haiti barely hangs on as season's 1st storm looms

Venecia Louis nearly starved last year after four tropical storms pummeled Haiti. Now the 4-year-old's cheeks are pudgier, but her hair is thin and her stomach is swollen — both telltale signs of malnutrition.

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Protesters clash with UN troops in rural Haiti

Gunshots were fired during a confrontation between U.N. troops and demonstrators on Haiti's central plateau that injured at least three people, peacekeepers said Thursday.

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Haiti lawmakers OK minimum wage hike after clashes

Lawmakers voted to more than double Haiti's minimum wage Tuesday night after long hours of debate and clashes between police and protesters, who complained they can't feed and shelter their families on the current pay of about $1.75 a day.

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Hard times in Haiti mean many risk lives at sea

LIMONADE, Haiti — When Alix Charles slipped out of his tin-roofed shack at night, he didn't say where he was going, only that he would be back soon.

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Bill Clinton: Aid coordination needed to fix Haiti

A lack of coordination among aid groups and Haitian leaders is hurting efforts to ease poverty in the Caribbean nation, Bill Clinton said Wednesday as he wrapped up his first trip here as a special U.N. envoy.

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From Haiti, a surprise: good news about AIDS

When Micheline Leon was diagnosed with HIV, her parents told her they would fit her for a coffin.

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Haiti president's party picks up 5 Senate seats

President Rene Preval's party won five of 11 contests to fill open Senate seats, according to preliminary results released Monday by the provisional electoral council.

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Police: Haiti marcher killed by bullet in UN clash

Haitian police say a demonstrator found slain after a clash with U.N. peacekeepers during a funeral procession was killed by a bullet, and not by a rock as peacekeepers initially reported.

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Haitians mostly ignore Senate run-off elections

Haitians fed up with chronic poverty and unresponsive leaders stayed away from Senate run-off elections Sunday, ignoring government efforts to improve on the paltry voter turnout that undercut the first round of voting in April.

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Haitian TV airs footage of confrontation with UN

A Haitian television station broadcast video Friday that provided new details on a deadly confrontation between U.N. peacekeepers and mourners for a popular priest allied with former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

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60 Haitian migrants held captive by smugglers

Armed smugglers interrupted a U.S. Coast Guard operation to remove illegal Haitian migrants from an overloaded boat, holding 60 of the passengers at gunpoint as they escaped authorities, the U.S. Embassy said Thursday.

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Floods in Haiti kill 11 people, destroy homes

Floods have killed at least 11 people this week as heavy rains swamp towns still rebuilding from last year's hurricanes, Haiti's civil protection department said Friday.

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Some lawmakers allege fraud in Haiti election

Some of Haiti's most powerful lawmakers are calling for last month's parliamentary elections to be thrown out because of allegations of voter fraud and political manipulation.

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No winners in 1st round of Haiti Senate election

None of the candidates for Haiti's Senate received the majority vote needed to win outright in balloting this month, leaving 11 vacant seats up for grabs in the runoff election.

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Haiti will likely wait days for election results

Results of Haiti's Senate elections will likely not be known for more than a week despite an apparent low turnout, an election official said Monday.

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Secretary Clinton: US behind Haiti for long term

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton assured Haitians Thursday that the United States' latest aid is more than a short-term fix for a nation still struggling with some of the world's worst poverty.

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Haiti vaccines target 1 million children, women

Public health workers plan to vaccinate some 1 million women and children this week around Haiti's impoverished capital after delays exacerbated by food riots and hurricanes, officials said Friday.

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Giving birth is fraught with danger in Haiti

The pain was different from before — deeper, sharper. Everyone else was sleeping in the banana grove shack, but Yslande Aristide could not bear it. She stood on the dirt floor and started to scream.

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