PORT-AU-PRINCE — A day after reinforcements to a United Nations-backed Multinational Security Support mission arrived in Haiti, several Kenyan police officers joined Haitian police on
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Security officers cover Haiti’s prime minister with gunfire as he leaves hospital
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Security officers had to fire shots Monday to cover Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille’s exit from a hospital in Port-au-Prince on Monday,
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Russian warships visit Cuba again today
HAVANA — Island residents watched from shore today as Russian warships arrived for the second time in as many months, in a visit that Cuba called
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What a gang attack in a rural Haiti town says about the Kenya-led security mission
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Ganthier, a rural community 28 miles east of Port-au-Prince and 14 miles from the Dominican Republic border, was among the last holdouts from
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Forecasters predict a storm will develop within two weeks: NOAA
SAN JUAN — Based on computer modeling, NOAA forecasters are predicting that a disturbance could develop into a tropical storm or hurricane in our region
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US ambassador announces $60 million in aid and new resources for police during visit to Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations announced $60 million in additional humanitarian assistance to Haiti during a trip Monday to the troubled Caribbean
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US ambassador visits Haiti to meet new leaders and Kenyan police helping to curb gang violence
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations traveled to Haiti today to meet leaders of the new transitional government and the Kenyan
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Russia’s energy ministry seeks to extend gasoline exports ban
MOSCOW — Russia’s energy ministry has proposed an extension of a gasoline exports ban into September and October, RBC daily reported on Wednesday citing a
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Haiti’s prime minister orders gangs to drop weapons and promises to take back control of the capital
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille ordered gangs to surrender their weapons during a televised speech late Wednesday in which he acknowledged how dangerous life
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More Kenyan police arrive in Haiti for UN-backed mission to fight violent gangs
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Another 200 police officers from Kenya arrived Tuesday in Haiti for a U.N.-backed mission led by the East African country to battle violent gangs that have
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