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	Dec. 1, 2009 In Australia, Drought Threatens Natural Resources


	Oct. 15, 2009 Obama Visits New Orleans to Gauge Recovery


	Oct. 13, 2009 Kenya Devastated by Massive Drought


	2010 FEBRUARY Feb. 8, 2010 In Haiti, Recovery Hinges on Fixing Government Nearly a month after the earthquake in Haiti, the government in Port-au-Prince remains tattered. Ray Suarez takes a closer look at the state of Haiti's government and what it means for rebuilding efforts.

	Feb. 8, 2010 Aid Groups in Haiti Launch Massive Vaccination Effort With conditions on the ground ripe for a disease outbreak, aid groups in Haiti have launched a campaign to vaccinate more than 100,000 people against measles, diphtheria and tetanus. Emma Murphy of ITN reports.

	Feb. 8, 2010 News Wrap: Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania Dies at 77 In other news Monday, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., died at the age of 77, and the nation's capital and much of the Mid-Atlantic remained snowbound in the wake of a weekend blizzard.

	Feb. 5, 2010 Understanding Haiti's Catastrophe through a Poet's Eyes Michele Voltaire Marcelin, an artist, poet, spoken word performer and teacher, was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Since the earthquake struck that country last month, she has been struggling to make sense of the destruction.

	Feb. 5, 2010 Dispatch from Haiti: Baby Jenny's Journey Kathie Klarreich, a freelance writer, sent us the story of one child's rescue from the earthquake rubble in Haiti, her transfer to the United States for medical treatment, and her family's eager anticipation of her return.

	Feb. 4, 2010 Haiti Looks to Rebuild Shattered Government Haiti's leaders are turning toward rebuilding its shattered government as earthquake recovery continues. Ray Suarez reports.

	Feb. 3, 2010 Haiti Scrambles to Find Shelter for Quake Survivors Haiti's heavy spring rains are getting closer, but as Ray Suarez reports, millions of earthquake survivors are still living in Port-au-Prince under rigged up tarps and bedsheets.

	Feb. 3, 2010 Haitian Government Strives to Regain Footing After Quake As part of the NewsHour's recent reporting trip to Haiti, the country's Minister of Tourism Patrick Delatour, who also heads the reconstruction commission, spoke with Ray Suarez about the government's reaction to the quake and the outpouring of international aid.

	Feb. 2, 2010 In Haiti's Aftermath, Interest in Adoption Spikes Since last month's earthquake, there has been an exodus of young children from Haiti to new homes in the U.S. Tom Bearden reports.

	Feb. 2, 2010 Haiti's Quake Leaves Behind a Generation of Child Amputees In the wake of last month's horrifying earthquake, Port-au-Prince's hospitals are packed full of children with missing limbs. Emma Murphy of Independent Television News reports.

	Feb. 2, 2010 Jacmel Rises From Rubble in Haiti The seaside town of Jacmel was badly damaged by the earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12. Soon after, however, micro-enterprises popped up and rebuilding began in the shattered town, reports American Red Cross volunteer Winnie Romeril.

	Feb. 1, 2010 With Parents Missing, Haiti's Child Survivors in Limbo Jeffrey Brown talks to Mandalit del Barco of National Public Radio in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, for an update on the state of earthquake recovery, from food distribution to disputes over orphaned children.

	Feb. 1, 2010 Detention of Americans in Haiti Renews Adoption Concerns Ten American missionaries have been detained in Haiti for allegedly trying to take 33 children across the border into the Dominican Republican without the proper documents.



	JANUARY Jan. 29, 2010 With Businesses Destroyed, Haiti's Capital a 'Cashless City' The realities of the Port-au-Prince economy have become brutally simple. With most businesses now gone, banks still closed, and thousands jobless, the city is virtually cashless. Ray Suarez reports from Haiti.

	Jan. 28, 2010 Haiti's Preval Striving for Normalcy Amid Chaos Since the collapse of the National Palace in the Jan. 12 earthquake, the Haitian leadership has been without a home. In an interview with Ray Suarez, the nation's president, Rene Preval, talks about his efforts to return a sense of normalcy to Haiti.

	Jan. 28, 2010 Fifteen Days Below Rubble: Final Quake Survivor in Haiti? Robert Moore of Independent Television News reports on the dramatic rescue of a teenage girl in Haiti more than two weeks after the quake.

	Jan. 27, 2010 Two Weeks On, Most Haitians Still Lack Basics Two weeks into the recovery effort in Haiti, thousands of survivors are still struggling to simply exist. Ray Suarez speaks with Margaret Warner from Haiti about the uneven relief effort.

	Jan. 26, 2010 Rebuilding Health Care System Major Hurdle for Haiti Ray Suarez reports on how Haitian and international medical teams are wrestling over whether to discharge earthquake victims who have been treated, but don't have homes where they could continue their recovery.

	Jan. 26, 2010 At Factory in Haiti, Garment Work Becomes Lifeline If the idea is that somebody had to make the first move to restart the virtuous cycle of work and spending by creating more work, the garment manufacturers in Haiti are stepping up.

	Jan. 25, 2010 Delivery of Aid Remains the U.N.'s Toughest Job in Haiti Ray Suarez talks to the United Nations' deputy special envoy to Haiti about the obstacles facing aid workers in Port-au-Prince, where thousands require urgent care.

	Jan. 25, 2010 Two Weeks Later, Many Haitians Still Waiting for Aid Kwame Holman updates the situation in Haiti, where aid workers continue to struggle to reach quake survivors in urgent need.

	Jan. 25, 2010 Ray Suarez: Haiti's Injured Make Their Way to Cange What constitutes good news in the midst of a tragedy like Haiti's? Today the NewsHour team headed out to Haiti's massive central plateau to see an operation that has stretched its modest resources to fit an oversized disaster.

	Jan. 24, 2010 Ray Suarez: Scenes of Loss and Resilience in Haiti Ray Suarez and a team from the NewsHour are in Port-au-Prince, reporting on the aftermath of an earthquake that has ravaged the Haitian captial and turned the eyes of the world back to the story of Haiti's larger struggle for survival.

	Jan. 23, 2010 'Green Shoots' of the Next Haiti Start to Poke Through The "Haiti Story" isn't just one story any more ... it's two. One is a country still stunned by the scale of death and destruction. The other is the country that is figuring out how to cope with the jaw-dropping tragedy that started in fault lines way under ground.

	Jan. 22, 2010 In Haiti, Efforts Turn to Relocating Quake Survivors Haiti's government said Friday that some 400,000 survivors of the Jan. 12 earthquake would be relocated to cleaner tent villages outside Port-au-Prince to prevent disease in the current makeshift camps.

	Jan. 22, 2010 Haiti Quake Victims Seek Help on Border Ray Suarez reports from a hospital organized by the Pan American Health Organization in the Dominican Republic, where many Haitians are seeking refuge after last week's earthquake leveled Port-au-Prince.

	Jan. 22, 2010 In Search of Shelter, Haitians Flee Port-au-Prince Haitian officials reported that some 200,000 people have fled Port-au-Prince as the government considers building new tent cities outside the capital. Margaret Warner speaks with Jay Newton Small of TIME magazine.

	Jan. 21, 2010 In Port-au-Prince, Scenes of Death Still Pervasive Margaret Warner talks to Martin Smith of Frontline about Haiti's economic forecast after last week's massive earthquake.

	Jan. 21, 2010 Hunger, Disease Threaten Aid Efforts in Haiti Aid workers' ranks are swiftly growing in Haiti, where 12,000 U.S. forces are now stationed off the country's coast and on the ground. But the scene in Port-au-Prince continues to deteriorate as people fight off hunger and disease.

	Jan. 21, 2010 News Wrap: Senate's Reform Bill Won't Pass House, Warns Pelosi In other news, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned that the Senate health care bill is unlikely to succeed in the House unless significantly altered, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Internet companies to resist censorship worldwide.

	Jan. 21, 2010 Quick Take: Should the U.S. Change Policy on Haiti? As Haiti recovers from an earthquake on Jan. 12 that flattened much of Port-au-Prince, several Haiti specialists considered the question: Should any U.S. policies on Haiti change, either in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, or longer term?

	Jan. 20, 2010 'Comfort' Hospital Ship Arrives to Bolster Haiti Response Relief efforts were ramped up today in Haiti with the arrival of the U.S. Navy hospital ship "Comfort," which is equipped with 550 medical staff. Margaret Warner speaks with NPR reporter Jason Beaubien for the latest on the relief efforts in the Port-au-Prince area.

	Jan. 20, 2010 Aftershock Renews Fears For Haiti Quake Survivors Jon Snow of Independent Television News looks at the ongoing relief efforts in Port-au-Prince and the suffering endured by thousands of victims fighting to survive.

	Jan. 20, 2010 Aftershock Rattles Haiti One Week After Quake A powerful 6.0 aftershock rippled through Haiti as victims continue to be rescued and aid workers struggle to aid survivors of last week's earthquake.

	Jan. 20, 2010 Strong Aftershock Rattles Haiti As relief efforts continue to build in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, a 6.1-magnitude aftershock hit the country Wednesday morning, knocking debris from buildings and sending people scrambling for open ground.

	Jan. 20, 2010 Newly Orphaned Children Among Major Concerns in Haiti The earthquake that devastated Haiti last week has left thousands of children without parents in a country where there were already estimated to be hundreds of thousands of orphans before the quake.

	Jan. 19, 2010 U.S Military Plays High-Profile Role in Haiti Relief Effort Some 800 U.S. Marines arrived in Haiti on Tuesday, in addition to members of the Army's 82nd Airborne division. As the U.S. troop presence builds there, Jim Lehrer speaks with a pair of experts about the military's mission in the relief effort.

	Jan. 19, 2010 Lessons Emerge from Quake Relief Effort in Haiti One week after the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti, Gwen Ifill speaks with Jon Andrus of the Pan American Health Organization about which aspects of the international response have worked and which have failed.

	Jan. 19, 2010 As Haiti Waits on Aid, Survivors Wonder Who's in Charge At one hospital just across from the Port-au-Prince airport, medical workers can see aid entering Haiti but still do not have access to it. Jonathan Rugman of ITN examines how confusion over who is leading the relief effort is slowing the distribution of aid.

	Jan. 19, 2010 Security Challenges Plague Aid Effort's Growth in Haiti More much-needed aid arrived in Haiti on Tuesday, but aid organizations reported security has increasingly become a serious obstacle to distribution. ITN's Jon Snow reports.

	Jan. 18, 2010 Texting for Charity: Cell Phone Users Sending Relief for Haiti In just five days, the Red Cross has raised more than $21 million for the relief effort in Haiti through text messages. As Tom Bearden reports, cellphones have emerged as the new big player in charitable giving.

	Jan. 18, 2010 Relief Effort Improves in Haiti While Security Concerns Linger In an interview with Jeffrey Brown, U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Kenneth Merten discusses the pace of the relief effort in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, security concerns in the capital, and complaints about U.S. management at the Port-au-Prince airport.

	Jan. 18, 2010 Aid Groups Look to Break up Bottlenecks After Haiti Quake While 7,000 U.S. forces were scheduled to be in Haiti by the end of Monday, the U.N. is seeking to send additional peacekeepers to help break bottlenecks choking the aid effort. Jon Snow of ITN reports.

	Jan. 18, 2010 Six Days Without Sunlight: Woman Survives in Bank's Rubble The arrival of fresh aid was a welcome sight in Haiti on Monday, but aid workers struggled to get food, water, and medical supplies to survivors of last week's earthquake. Bill Neely of Independent Television News reports on one woman's unlikely survival story.

	Jan. 18, 2010 Haiti's History Is One of Pain and Perseverance As Haiti confronts a disastrous earthquake -- which ravaged much of Port-au-Prince -- the country's history, politics and culture are coming to a new light, and may help shape how the country emerges from its latest trial.

	Jan. 17, 2010 In Haiti's Grim Landscape, Stories of Survival, Frustration Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were still waiting desperately for aid Sunday, while rescue workers continued to pull people from collapsed buildings five days after an earthquake ravaged Port-au-Prince.

	Jan. 16, 2010 'Race Against Time' to Distribute Haitian Relief As supplies continued to stack up at Haiti's airport Saturday, aid workers and officials pushed to get the much-needed provisions to the masses of earthquake survivors in and around the capital Port-au-Prince.

	Jan. 15, 2010 In Haiti, the Sights and Sounds of a Sudden Disaster A look at some of the sights and sounds of the massive earthquake that pummeled Haiti Tuesday and victims' desperate efforts to survive.

	Jan. 15, 2010 Ambassador: 'We're Going to Have Some Order in Haiti' Haiti's ambassador to the U.S., Raymond Joseph, discusses how the Haitian government is responding to the crisis even though many of its workers are quake victims as well.

	Jan. 15, 2010 Brazil Spearheading U.N. Peacekeeping Efforts in Haiti U.N. Undersecretary-General Alain Le Roy discusses the 9,000-person U.N. force in Haiti, which is being led by Brazilian soldiers.