World Jan 16 Taiwanese Vote with Their Pocketbooks for Incumbent President Ma Much is made of Taiwan's relations with the United States and China, but rather it was economic and social issues that drove Taiwanese to the polls on Saturday to re-elect President Ma Ying-jeou to four more years, says GlobalPost's Cain…
World Jan 13 After Haiti’s Earthquake, Where Does All the Rubble Go? PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti | Artist Jean Herard Celeur found a way to reuse rubble from Haiti's 2010 earthquake: totem pole-like creations and one-of-a-kind wall art.
World Jan 13 New Life Out of Haiti’s Litter Haitian artist Jean Herard Celeur uses debris left by the 2010 earthquake to make works of art.
World Jan 12 Remembering Haiti’s 2010 Earthquake: ‘I Was Close to Death’ PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti | Mario Heriveaux, 47, recalls the day the earthquake struck two years ago. He and his family were watching TV when the house started to shake and everyone dashed for the door.
World Jan 11 Survivor Tells Her Story of Rape in a Haitian Tent Camp PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti | The lack of security and lighting in Haiti's tent camps, and the flimsy structures themselves, make them ripe for violence, including rape.
World Jan 10 In Haiti’s Tent Camps, ‘We’re Just Waiting’ to Start Life Again PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti | The door to Billy Forge's home displays a Biblical verse from Isaiah 22:22: "I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts…
World Jan 09 Haiti Dispatch: 2 Years After Earthquake, Many Signs of Rebuilding PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti | On Jan. 12, 2010, a magnitude-7 earthquake rocked Haiti, killing some 223,000 people and leaving 1.5 million homeless. On a visit last week to the capital, signs of rebuilding are everywhere.
World Jan 09 Haiti Earthquake: Two Years Later Two years after the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake devastated much of Haiti, signs of recovery abound in Port-au-Prince -- from people busily removing debris to bustling marketplaces and blaring music.
Politics Jan 04 Bachmann Ends Campaign After Disappointing Iowa Finish Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann suspended her campaign Wednesday after coming in sixth in the Iowa caucuses -- the first test of the 2012 GOP presidential field. "The people of Iowa spoke with a very clear voice, and so I have…
World Dec 30 In Photos: World Events of 2011 It's a year that will be remembered as one that ended authoritative regimes in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen. In 2011, the most-wanted fugitive in the world was killed in Pakistan and severe weather battered the global population.