UN goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie to visit Haiti
February 9, 2010 by Fatima Paracha
Filed under Entertainment, General, World
ShareThe U.N. refugee agency has said that actress and UN goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie will be visiting Haiti with the UN refugee body to meet the earthquake victims. The Hollywood actress spoke with hospitalized Haitian survivors in the neighboring Dominican Republic on Monday. UNHCR spokesman Andrej Mahecic said Jolie would travel to Haiti later on Tuesday. He provided no details [...]
A catastrophe called “Haiti”
ShareThe quake – Haiti’s worst in two centuries – struck at 1653 92153 GMT) on 12th January 2010. Phone lines to the country failed shortly afterwards. The US Geological Survey said its epicentre was 15km (10 miles) south-west of Port-au-Prince, and that it was quickly followed by two strong aftershocks of 5.9 and 5.5 magnitude. [...]
Banks reopen in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
ShareMany bank branches collapsed in the earthquake after the Haiti quake last January 12 and won’t be reopening soon, if ever. But banks that had doors to open did so Saturday, attracting long lines of anxious and sometimes desperate people in a city where ATMs haven’t been working since the earthquake. United Nations troops keep [...]
