Haiti Before and After

Carribean nation, once a tropical port, now in ruins

Hunger and hope, thirst and frenzy grip Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Precious water, food, and early glimmers of hope began reaching parched and hungry earthquake survivors Saturday on the streets of this shattered city, where despair at times turned into a frenzy among the ruins. More>>

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People gesture as a U.S. helicopter makes a water drop near a country club used as a forward operating base (AP).

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