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Response to Disease Called Lacking

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) — The international response to Haiti’s deadly cholera epidemic is “inadequate” and woefully short of funding, aid groups, including the humanitarian agency of the United Nations, which is leading the response, said on Friday. “There is no time left for meetings and debate — the time for action is now,” said Stefano Zannini, …

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Amid Haitian Crisis, Opportunity

Amid Haitian Crisis, Opportunity: “When people ask me, as they do all the time, ‘Is there any cause for hope in Haiti?’ I answer yes. It’s more tempting to think that the situation is so hopeless that it can’t any worse, especially right now. Last week, Hurricane Tomas brought three days of heavy storms, causing …

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