China oil spill spreads but not as big as BP oil spill in Gulf – Christian Science Monitor

CBC.ca China oil spill spreads but not as big as BP oil spill in Gulf Christian Science Monitor China officially doubled the size of the oil spill caused by an explosion last week at the port city of Dalian. The China oil spill is now 165 square miles, … PetroChina Dalian Refinery Running at 95% After Oil Spill at City's Port Bloomberg China oil spill after pipe blast 'worse than thought' BBC News China Oil Spill : Man Rescued After Nearly Drowning in Slick ABC News (blog) The Guardian

UN says it has begun investigation into deaths of Haitian prisoners week after earthquake

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The United Nations is investigating the shooting of dozens of prisoners during a jail riot in the chaotic days after Haiti’s earthquake, a spokesman for the U….

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Pasco deputies identify man found dead in New Port Richey home

NEW PORT RICHEY Pasco deputies have identified the man found dead inside his home late Sunday as Dennis “Scooter” Abrahamsen, 41.

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Mild earthquake shakes Haitian capital but no major damage reported

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — People ran screaming from buildings Monday as a mild tremor rattled a Haitian capital still traumatized by the deadly Jan.

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Hundreds of Voodoo followers gather to honour earthquake victims in rare public ceremony (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Hundreds of Voodoo practitioners chanted, prayed and pounded drums Sunday to honour earthquake victims in an unusually public ceremony for a religion most often celebrated in private homes.

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Earthquake highlights Haitian inequality (UPI)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, March 28 (UPI) — The Haitian earthquake has refocused attention on the extreme gap between the poor and wealthy usually ignored by the world, residents say.

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UN: 3 killed when small earthquake collapses building in northern Haiti (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A small earthquake struck northern Haiti early Sunday, collapsing an apartment building and killing at least three people, a U.N. spokesman said.

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UN: 2 killed when small earthquake collapses building in northern Haiti (Sun-Sentinel)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A U.N. spokesman says a small earthquake in northern Haiti has collapsed an apartment building and killed two people.

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Haitian earthquake (UPI)

By United Press International PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, March 17 (UPI) — Officials said it will take more than $11 billion to repair the destruction in Haiti caused by the January earthquake.

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Sean Penn pitches in as full-time aid worker at camp for survivors of Haiti’s earthquake (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Look closely at the foreigners buzzing around a hospital tent above one of Haiti’s biggest earthquake-refugee camps and a face stands out: There, carrying the box of supplies, that’s Sean Penn.

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