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Haiti chooses new leader, hoping this one deliversPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haitians scarred by decades of poverty, political corruption and natural disasters cast ballots Sunday for president in hopes a new leader could do what others have not: Replace homes and schools in the earthquake-devastated capital, improve education and create some optimism for the future. More » |
UN: Up to 1 million flee Ivory Coast violenceABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - With possessions balanced on their heads, about 1,000 people frantically crowded around buses rented by Mali to evacuate its citizens Friday from Ivory Coast, as the U.N. said up to 1 million have fled their homes amid fears of civil war. More » |
