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Haitian Health Officials Try to Stem Cholera Epidemic
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Using celebrities, text messages and billboards, Haitian health officials and international aid agencies have unleashed a massive public-education campaign to stem the rapid expansion of the cholera epidemic that threatens to destabilize this fragile Caribbean nation. Meanwhile, a French scientist has pinpointed the source of the disease, which had not been seen in…
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Haitians Wonder What Happens Now
PORT-AU-PRINCE — On Monday, Haitians awoke with their hopes for a smooth transition to a new government dashed by a series of missteps and miscalculations that left the outcome on hold. After widespread complaints by voters who said they either couldn’t find their names on the voting lists or were coerced into voting for a…
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Haiti Counts Down to Election Day
For the last several weeks, thousands of people have lined up in front of makeshift voter-registration offices in Haiti as they attempt to replace lost registration cards. The voter rolls, which numbered more than 3 million people, have been depleted as hundreds of thousands of voters either lost their lives or their voter cards in…
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