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19 Jan 2010 10:39

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World: Scared Haitians: We gotta get the hell out of Port-au-Prince

People are trying to leave en masse, but one place they can’t go is the U.S. The Coast Guard plans to turn away anyone caught trying to land in Florida. source
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18 Jan 2010 11:07

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World: Europe’s giving as much money as they can to Haiti

  • $500 million in aid from the European Union source
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18 Jan 2010 10:54

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Culture: “Avatar” the superstar of last night’s somber Golden Globes

  • 3D is going to be the future. The one thing ‘Avatar’ could do because of its success – especially its critical success – is give permission to other filmmakers to think of 3D.
  • “Avatar” director James Cameron • Regarding his wins at the Golden Globes last night – including best director and best film drama. The awards show favored crowd pleasers over arthouse flicks – “The Hangover” won best film comedy, and Sandra Bullock’s popular role in “The Blind Side” won best film actress in a drama. But really, Haiti was on the minds of the stars at the awards gala, with many wearing ribbons and giving words of support to the devastated country. source
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18 Jan 2010 10:42

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World: Optimism amid devastation: Survivors still being found in Haiti

After the first 72 hours of a catastrophe of this magnitude, hope of finding survivors is usually lost. They’ve found 60 as of Sunday. source
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17 Jan 2010 12:29

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Biz, World: Protip: If you want your donations to help people NOW, don’t text it

  • two seconds the amount of time it takes to send a text message donation to the Red Cross (or other sources)
  • three months the amount of time it could take for that donation to reach its destination; WTF? source
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17 Jan 2010 11:28

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U.S., World: Nothing like her honeymoon: Hillary Clinton visits Haiti again

“I know of the great resilience and strength of the Haitian people,” said the Secretary of State, who honeymooned in the country back in the day. source
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17 Jan 2010 11:05

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Culture, World: Yele backlash: Wyclef’s taking the heat for his Haiti charity

  • Wyclef tries really hard to defend his charity here, but before you believe every word you read here, we want to note that while the Haitian pop star is definitely sincere, there has been a lot of waste in his organization in the past, as Gawker notes. source
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17 Jan 2010 10:46

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World: The Sanjay Gupta thing in Haiti, now with more details

  • what? Sanjay Gupta had to spend his Friday night in Haiti helping earthquake survivors after a crew of Belgian doctors left a makeshift hospital to fend for itself overnight. He did a great job.
  • why? Even though Gupta and others were told the UN had made the decision to move doctors out overnight, it was in fact the lead Belgian doctor who had made the questionable decision.
  • next The UN and Belgian government promise to give the doctors security forces to protect themselves from looters, criminals or anyone else in the wake of the earthquake. source
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16 Jan 2010 16:49

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World: Sanjay Gupta officially more helpful than the United Nations

  • What is striking to me as a physician is that patients who just had surgery, patients who are critically ill are essentially being left here, nobody to care for them.
  • Dr. Sanjay Gupta • Regarding a situation where he ended up helping a bunch of earthquake victims out of security concerns after the UN-led group that was there was reportedly told to leave out of security concerns. Gupta stayed overnight with the victims, trying to help them out, but having trouble due to lack of supplies. The UN, for their part, claims it did not tell the doctors and other medical support to leave, but other organizations they were tied to might have. Gupta made sure all the victims survived through the night, because he’s an amazing human being. source
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15 Jan 2010 22:28

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U.S., World: Live from the Haiti relief effort: A reporter’s embedded tweets

  • As Marines board, anticipation building here for final, critical push to Haiti.
  • (Newport News, Va.) Daily Press reporter Hugh Lessig • Who’s reporting about the Haiti relief effort directly from the source. He’s tweeting about what’s happening directly from the USS Bataan, a naval amphibious assault carrier that’s headed directly to Haiti. Lessig, who works for a paper with a major Navy readership, is posting a lot of details, to which he says, “Don’t mean to be overly-trivial with these tweets, but fact is, morale is high on Bataan and must be rubbing off. Mission = Satisfaction.” source
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