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Inside Disaster gets Webby nod

Inside Disaster gets Webby nod

Inside the Haiti Earthquake has been nominated for a 2011 Webby Award, for Best Writing in Online Film & Video. Users can vote for the project in the Webby “People’s Voice” competition.

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“Revolution is a scary thing”

“Revolution is a scary thing”

Aristide's return is a threat to Haiti's elites, who are vastly outnumbered by the country's poor.

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An inside look at Inside Disaster

An inside look at Inside Disaster

Interview: Jean-Pierre Taschereau, one of the aid workers featured in the Inside Disaster Haiti series, led the International Red Cross response immediately following the earthquake.

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How to stop Haiti’s cholera

How to stop Haiti’s cholera

Paul Farmer has never believed that the world's poor should settle for lower standards of health care; he argues that we're all in this together.

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Reconstruction in limbo

Reconstruction in limbo

How can Haiti move from crisis to active reconstruction? Not only is the economy expected to contract a massive 9% this year, but only 15% of the $8.75 pledged to Haiti's reconstruction has arrived.

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Cholera outbreak reaches Port-au-Prince

Cholera outbreak reaches Port-au-Prince

The outbreak has already killed 544 people in Haiti, and now endangers the 3 million residents of Port-au-Price who are still living in tent camps.

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NYT: Haiti debris removal begins

NYT: Haiti debris removal begins

The Haitian government is paying up to $58 a cubic yard for debris removal, "considerably more than the American government paid contractors after Hurricane Katrina."

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Inside Disaster Honoured by CNMAs

Inside Disaster Honoured by CNMAs

Inside Disaster has been nominated in two categories: Best Cross-Platform Project for Inside Disaster: Haiti, and Best Web-Based Game for Experience the Haiti Earthquake.

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Rock Impact

Rock Impact

Emmanuel Midi blogs about local rock designer Ralph Jean.

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Trouble in Malpasse

Trouble in Malpasse

Emmanuel Midi visits the market in Malpasse and is apprehended for taking photos.

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