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(ALAN DIAZ/The Associated Press) From left, Corinna Lankford, of Meridian, Idaho, Carla Thompson, 53, of Meridian, Idaho, Silas Thompson, 19, of Twin Falls, Idaho, (background) Drew Culberth, 34, of Topeka, Kansas, Steve McMullin, 56, of Twin Falls, Idaho, white shirt and Paul Thompson, 43, of Twin Falls, Idaho, partially obscured arrive at the Miami International Airport Hotel in Miami on Thursday

Missionaries freed by Haitian judge land in US

David Fischer, Frank Bajak The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 1:57pm

MIAMI -- Eight American missionaries charged with child kidnapping in Haiti returned to the U.S. aboard a military cargo plane early Thursday after nearly three weeks in a Haitian jail. But two others remained detained in an ordeal sparked by the group's attempt to take 33 children out of the earthquake-stricken country.

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Haiti judge to free some detained US missionaries

The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 2:04pm

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A Haitian judge says some of the 10 U.S. missionaries arrested on charges of child kidnapping will be released.

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Idaho woman faced financial woes before Haiti trip

Rebecca Boone The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 5:49pm

BOISE, Idaho -- In the days after the Haiti earthquake, Laura Silsby made a series of calls around the country to mobilize a trip to rescue orphaned children from the disaster.

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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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Push to send FEMA trailers to Haiti stirs backlash

The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, January 29, 2010 - 8:41pm

INDIANAPOLIS -- The trailer industry and lawmakers are pressing the government to send Haiti thousands of potentially formaldehyde-laced trailers left over from Hurricane Katrina -- an idea denounced by some as a crass and self-serving attempt to dump inferior American products on the poor.

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Haitians tired of waiting, start own rebuilding

The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, January 29, 2010 - 8:58pm

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Defying pleas to wait for Haiti's reconstruction, families lugged heavy bundles of wood and tin up steep hillsides Friday to do the unthinkable: build new homes on top of old ones devastated in the earthquake.

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(GERALD HERBERT/The Associated Press) Floria Loveng, 7, holds her teddy bear Friday in a tent city of displaced Haitians, whose homes were either destroyed or badly damaged in last week's massive earthquake in Port-au-Prince.

LDS Church, Layton man: Commit to helping long term in Haiti

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Saturday, January 23, 2010 - 1:19am

A Layton man is encouraging area residents to make a long-term commitment to donating to the people of Haiti.

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Utah athletes to collect shoes for Haiti victims

Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, January 22, 2010 - 3:38pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Athletes at the University of Utah are collecting gently used shoes for victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

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A Haitian interpreter for the U.S. Embassy instructs hundreds of people on when the embassy will open to them in Port-au- Prince, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. Haintians, trying to leave the country after last week's deadly quake, gathered outside the embassy for the last several days hoping to get visas for traveling to the United States. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Haiti relocating homeless, port repairs needed

Michelle Faul, Alfred de Montesquiou The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, January 22, 2010 - 9:58am

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Haitians are fleeing their quake-ravaged capital by the hundreds of thousands, aid officials said Friday, as their government promised to help nearly a half-million more move from squalid camps on curbsides and vacant lots into safer, cleaner tent cities.

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