Jacqueline Charles

Companies vie for cleanup contracts in Haiti

Jacqueline Charles, Martha Brannigan   McClatchy Newspapers
Last updated Tuesday, February 9, 2010 - 3:08pm

MIAMI -- As Haiti begins digging out from under 60 million cubic meters of earthquake wreckage, U.S. companies have begun jockeying for a bonanza of cleanup work.

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(The Associated Press) Edeline B. Clermont weeps in the "Little Haiti" area of Miami on Tuesday as she talks to her sister in Boston after both were unable to contact relatives in Haiti after hearing news about the earth the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that shook the island.

Major earthquake hits Haiti

Carol Rosenberg, Jacqueline Charles   McClatchy Newspapers
Last updated Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 8:07pm

MIAMI -- A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck near the capital of Haiti Tuesday afternoon, crippling the poor island nation and knocking out most of its communication with the outside world.

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