THE UN will name Bill Clinton its special envoy to Haiti, his spokesman said yesterday, in a move that could capitalize on the ex-president's years of involvement with the impoverished nation to burnish the international body's image there. picked by bingo 6 months ago

In a country suffering from political upheaval and natural disasters, where three-quarters of the people can neither afford nor access private clinics or fee-based public hospitals, few could have imagined at the dawn of the AIDS crisis how far Haiti would come. picked by kakana 5 months ago

With $50 and a plane ticket to Haiti, one can buy a slave. There are more slaves on the planet today than at any time in human history. Adjusting for inflation, in 1850 a slave would cost roughly $30k to $40k. Today you can go to Haiti and buy a 9-year-old girl to use as a sexual and domestic slave for $50. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

HIV virus that causes AIDS presumably came into United States from Haiti somewhere around 1969, which is, in fact, a decade earlier than the majority of scientists believed. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

It was lunchtime in one of Haiti's worst slums, and Charlene Dumas was eating mud. With food prices rising, Haiti's poorest can't afford even a daily plate of rice, and some take desperate measures to fill their bellies. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

"I can envision techniques for producing the lens flares, halo glow, and lighting effects seen in most of the video. (Rest assured, they are not trivial and require some serious software and CGI professionals.) This [partial shadow effect] too, I could certainly imagine producing. I just can't imagine someone going to this much trouble for a single frame of video." picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

OK, I'll be the first to admit I'm wrong... But they ARE still out there! (somewhere...) picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

In its brief lifespan of only 13 days, Hurricane Ike wreaked great deal of havoc. Affecting several countries including Cuba, Haiti, and the United States, Ike is blamed for approximately 114 deaths (74 in Haiti alone), and damages that are still being tallied, with estimates topping $10 billion. Many shoreline communities of Galveston, Texas were wiped from the map by the winds, storm surge and t... read full post picked by kelaltieri 1 year ago

One zombi, many zombies - that is the correct spelling.

Haitian voudoun priests transform victims into zombies using ritual, a nerve toxin called tetrodoxin and more than just a little pursuasion. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

Aaron Jackson doesn't sleep. Yes, that's an exaggeration, but just barely. When he's in the United States, Aaron is a ceaseless geyser of emails, phone calls, and text messages. He starts around 10 a.m. and continues far into the next morning. picked by suebe 10 months ago

Dock Ellis was baseball's first true king of performance enhancing drugs. Dock Ellis is probably the only player that intentionally tried to injure his opponents during an All-Star game. He's one of the few (the only?) to be pepper sprayed by stadium security upon arrival. How many other major leaguers spent their off-season cruising through the ghettos of Haiti in order to find zombies? picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

a nice change from the illegal aliens we've been hearing so much about. Supposedly this is a video taken in Haiti and hasn't been disproven ...yet. picked by Dangerman 2 years ago

Freedom of the Press 2007 points to improvements in several countries such as Italy, Nepal, Colombia, and Haiti; however, it shows mixed trends in Africa, as well as a continuation of a longer-term pattern of decline in press freedom in Asia, Latin America, and the former Soviet Union. picked by makri 3 years ago