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U.S. military justifies its presence in Haiti

Published: Feb 7, 2010 by admin Filed under: News
The U.S. military will remain engaged in Haiti "as it will be useful, today assured the press Colonel Gregory Kane, director of command operations in Haiti, saying that" the military element "could take" between 45 and 50 days.

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Quebec opens some doors wider to Haitian immigrants

Published: Feb 6, 2010 by admin Filed under: Music
Quebec opens some doors wider to Haitian immigrants affected. The Minister for Immigration and Cultural Communities Yolande James, today unveiled new measures to broaden the definition of family for a réunificationl and support Haitians here who want to accommodate family members.
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Canada's priority for the G8

Published: Feb 1, 2010 by admin Filed under: News
The Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper outlines his priorities for the G8, chaired by his country this year, and it will develop on Thursday in a speech at Davos.

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Florida refuses to pay the bill for the Haitians

Published: Feb 1, 2010 by admin Filed under: News
The U.S. military had suspended last Wednesday, the medical evacuation of wounded from Haiti on the grounds that they were considered undesirable in U.S. hospitals.

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Le lycée Français to open in March

Published: Jan 30, 2010 by admin Filed under: News
The French school in Port-au-Prince, who has lost a teacher and seven students in the earthquake of January 12, intends to resume classes on March 1, said today the Ambassador of France in Haiti, Didier Le Bret.

The Lycee Alexandre Dumas, home since the earthquake a field hospital run by the French Civil Security, was partially damaged, but several expert concluded that the buildings did not suffer serious structural damage.

The math teacher and students missing were killed outside the campus. In addition, the school has no news of twenty students and it is possible to say whether they are dead or have left town.

"Next week, we take courses through distance education with a platform mounted by the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE) for students to review class, terminal, first and third, "said the ambassador told AFP.

"We will catch up and lost five weeks. The course will be on the internet, or students' homes or in rooms equipped of high school French," he said.

Monday, March 1, classes will be reopened to accommodate the number having remained in Port-au-Prince while more than half the students left after the disaster in St. Domingo, in Montreal, France, the Caribbean and Miami Florida.

A return to full strength is expected until September after a renovation of the school. The French school had around 700 students before the earthquake and 15% to 20% of youth were in classes to review. The system of distance education will also benefit the ten institutions with which the Haitian Alexandre Dumas High School has entered into partnerships.

In the field hospital located on the campus of the school has been treated the last survivor to date derived from the rubble, a young girl of 16 years, Darlene Etienne, clear debris by rescue in French state extreme dehydration two weeks after the catastrophic.

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