Tsunami swept away fleeing bus full of retirees
PELLUHUE, Chile - The 40 retirees enjoying summer vacation at a seaside campground nestled under pine trees knew they had to move fast after Chile's powerful earthquake struck.
Nations:Argentina Brazil People:Hillary Clinton Source:(AP)
2010-03-02
Chaos eases as Haiti food lines focus on women
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The 79-year-old woman with a 55-pound bag of rice perched on her head gingerly descended concrete steps Sunday and passed it off to her daughter-in-law - who quickly disappeared behind the faded leopard-print sheets that are the walls of their makeshift home on the crowded turf of Haiti's National Stadium.
Nations:Brazil U.S. Activities:2010 Haiti Earthquake Source:(AP)
2010-01-31
Rescue teams pull back as Haiti aid flows in
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The search for survivors of Haiti's killer earthquake started to wind down as international rescue teams begin pulling back and aid, though more plentiful on Thursday, was still not enough for the masses left homeless and injured.
Nations:U.S. Luxembourg Brazil Japan People:Barack Obama Activities:2010 Haiti Earthquake Source:(Reuters)
2010-01-21
A week after Haiti quake, aid for all is elusive
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The world still can't get enough food and water to the hungry and thirsty one week after an earthquake shattered Haiti's capital. The airport remains a bottleneck, the port is a shambles. The Haitian government is invisible, nobody has taken firm charge, and the police have largely given up.
Nations:Brazil Mexico Denmark France People:Nicolas Sarkozy Activities:2010 Haiti Earthquake Source:(AP)
2010-01-19
U.S. and U.N. boost Haiti aid security as food drops in
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - U.S. troops protected aid handouts and the United Nations sought extra peacekeepers in earthquake-shattered Haiti on Monday as marauding looters emptied wrecked shops and desperate survivors began to receive medical care and air-dropped food.
Nations:Canada Brazil U.S. People:Bill Clinton Robert Gates Ban Ki-moon Barack Obama Activities:2010 Haiti Earthquake
2010-01-17
U.N. confirms death of Haiti mission chief Annabi
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. mission chief in Haiti, Hedi Annabi, died in Tuesday's earthquake that devastated the country's capital, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on Saturday.
Nations:Canada Iraq Cambodia Brazil People:Ban Ki-moon Activities:2010 Haiti Earthquake Source:(Reuters)
2010-01-16
Hunger and hope, thirst and frenzy grip Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Precious water, food and early glimmers of hope began reaching parched and hungry earthquake survivors Saturday on the streets of this shattered city, where despair at times turned into a frenzy among the ruins.
Nations:Namibia Qatar Brazil U.S. People:Bill Clinton George W. Bush Hillary Clinton Activities:2010 Haiti Earthquake
2010-01-16
Caipirinhas in Rio after 2016 Olympics win
RIO DE JANEIRO - Confetti poured over 50,000 cheering Brazilians, swimsuit-clad revelers waved green, yellow and blue flags and bartenders worked overtime serving caipirinhas to celebrate one of Rio's proudest moments: The 2016 Olympics are coming to the Marvelous City.
Nations:Brazil Denmark Activities:2016 Summer Olympics Source:(AP)
2009-10-03
Samba! Rio wins right to host the 2016 Olympics
COPENHAGEN - The country's president was blunt. "It is," Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said, "Brazil's time."
Nations:Brazil Denmark People:Michelle Obama Barack Obama George W. Bush Activities:2016 Summer Olympics
2009-10-02
Obama factor looms large as lobbying for 2016 Olympics heats up
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The four cities bidding for the prize honor of hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics began three intensive days of lobbying on Tuesday with the Obama factor looming large ahead of Friday's vote by the IOC.
Nations:U.S. Denmark Spain Japan Brazil France People:Michelle Obama Barack Obama Vladimir Putin Tony Blair Activities:2016 Summer Olympics Source:(Reuters)
2009-09-29
Hondurans weary after 3 months of coup dispute
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Honduras' interim president promised to restore civil liberties and allow an Organization of American States mediation team into the country, quickly backpedalling from tough measures amid criticism from his own allies that he had gone too far in his fight to stay in power.
Nations:Honduras Brazil Activities:2009 Honduras Coup Source:(AP)
2009-09-29
G20 becomes top world economic forum
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AFP) - World leaders on Friday said the Group of 20 developed and developing nations would become the top economic forum, spreading influence to emerging powers such as China and India.
Nations:U.S. Japan China India Canada Turkey People:Barack Obama Michelle Obama Activities:2009 Pittsburgh G20 Summit
2009-09-25
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