Haiti: The Earthquake Aftermath

Life amid ruin: Death toll may be 50,000; troops on way

PORT-AU-PRINCE -- Government workers dug mass graves and buried more than 7,000 dead Thursday as corpses overwhelmed this earthquake-ravaged city awaiting a surge of relief supplies amassing in Miami and elsewhere.

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HAITI: THE EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH

No chance to give the dead a proper burial

PORT-AU-PRINCE -- In Haiti, funerals are as expensive as weddings, tombs often more elaborate than the homes of the living.
HAITI: THE EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH

Time running out as search for survivors intensifies

PORT-AU-PRINCE -- As the confirmed death toll in Haiti's calamitous earthquake reached 70,000, the flow of medical help and food and water to survivors began showing signs of improvement Sunday, though persistent logistical logjams at the capital's airport -- complicated by sporadic, isolated violence...
HAITI: THE EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH

Losing all, except faith

PORT-AU-PRINCE -- When night falls, the 20 young men gather the megaphones and begin patrolling the rocky soccer field in the Marie Therese neighborhood, keeping vigil over this makeshift village of 1,500 mothers, fathers and babies, all earthquake survivors.
HAITI: THE EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH

A nation loses part of its heart with demise of the biggest thinkers

PORT-AU-PRINCE -- They were the voices of reason and compromise in a country where words are often used as weapons of political warfare, where political turmoil is a chronic condition, like hardship and economic chaos.
HAITI: THE EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH

Scene moves Bill Clinton to tears

PORT-AU-PRINCE -- As the United States moved to take over Haitian government-run aid distribution centers Monday, a teary-eyed former President Bill Clinton saw first-hand the destructive scars of Haiti's biggest natural disaster.
HAITI: THE EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH

Another cruel blow

PORT-AU-PRINCE -- The top U.N. envoy was missing, while his headquarters and Haiti's historic presidential palace lay in ruins Wednesday after a powerful 7.0-earthquake crippled the nation's communications with the outside world and left uncounted casualties.
HAITI: THE EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH

Flow of cash getting up to speed

Haiti scrambled Tuesday to get its fragile banking system up and running, a pivotal step in restoring life to the earthquake-battered nation.
HAITI: THE EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH

Desperation: Food, medical supplies begin to arrive as aftershocks shake a stunned nation

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Rescue workers dragged corpses from collapsed buildings, dazed homeless wandered the streets and the death toll climbed Wednesday as dozens of aftershocks from a massive earthquake rattled this capital city.
HAITI: THE EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH

Escape from misery: Without even a shirt, Préval stays focused

PORT-AU-PRINCE -- Haitian President René Préval survived the earthquake because he skipped his usual afternoon nap.
HAITI: THE EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH

‘Baby Doc’ adds a new twist to Haiti’s latest woes

PORT-AU-PRINCE -- Former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc’’ Duvalier remained holed up in a swank hotel Monday, receiving visits from the secret police that once terrorized the country and fueling fears that his return will deepen a political crisis from disputed presidential ...