Jan 12 On Second Anniversary of Earthquake, Cholera Continues to Cripple Haiti By Cat Wise With more than 7,000 dead and half a million people sickened, a U.N. health agency is calling the cholera outbreak in Haiti "one of the largest epidemics of the disease in modern history to affect a single country."… Continue reading
Jan 11 Two Years Later, Haitian Amputees Still Have a Long Way to Go Fymée Diogene and Balnave Ulysee both lost legs in the 2010 earthquake. Photo by William Daniels/Handicap International. Two years ago, a devastating earthquake in Haiti killed more than 200,000 people and caused injuries that required amputations for another 4,000… Continue reading
Jan 11 Survivor Tells Her Story of Rape in a Haitian Tent Camp By Larisa Epatko 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. Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch Why Assad Won't Back Down In a defiant public speech Tuesday, Syrian President Assad repeated promises of reform and plans to crush dissent against his regime. Margaret Warner discusses what's next for Syria with former U.S. Ambassador Theodore Kattouf and Andrew Tabler, a Washington Institute… Continue watching
Jan 10 In Haiti's Tent Camps, 'We're Just Waiting' to Start Life Again By Larisa Epatko 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… Continue reading
Jan 10 Occupy Budapest: Protests Challenge Power Grab by the 'Viktator' in Hungary By News Desk As huge protests choke downtown Budapest, organizers say a Hungarian spring is underway. Continue reading
Jan 09 Watch Pentagon Signals 'This Is Not the Point of No Return for Iran' U.S.-Iranian tensions are further on the rise amid revelations over Iran's nuclear program, threats over the Strait of Hormuz and an American's death sentence. Margaret Warner discusses how the two countries are dealing with each other with The New York… Continue watching
Jan 09 Haiti Dispatch: 2 Years After Earthquake, Many Signs of Rebuilding By Larisa Epatko 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. Continue reading
Jan 09 Haiti Earthquake: Two Years Later By Larisa Epatko 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. Continue reading
Jan 09 Watch News Wrap: White House Chief of Staff Steps Down; Bombings in Iraq In other news Monday, President Obama announced White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley's resignation. Daley had been in the position for a year, and will be succeeded by Jacob Lew, the president's current budget director. Also, a court martial… Continue watching