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Game On: Is the U.S. Doing Enough for Haiti?

It is our apparent job to kill for the benefit of the world, isn't it also an obligation to save lives?

(SALEM, Ore.) - History shows us that the U.S. goverment failed to help its own people adequately after Hurricane Katrina struck the residents of Louisiana, Mississippi and several other states.

Ban `Heartened` by Global Response to Help Haiti Quake Victims

The U.S. Government to provide as many helicopters, engineers and medical supplies as possible.

(NEW YORK) - The international community’s outpouring of support to assist victims of this week’s devastating earthquake in Haiti is encouraging, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.

Haiti: Still Too Soon for Deadly Earthquake`s Casualty Toll

Now quake-shattered Haiti awaits aid as thousands are feared dead. Some sources place the number in the hundreds, but it is simply too early to know.

(SALEM) - The earthquake that rocked Haiti on 12 January is considered the deadliest this island nation has seen in two centuries, and it is still too early to have any real idea of what the casualty toll will be.

Russia Today Correspondent Anastasia Churkina says it is, "Mayhem and chaos." Every third building is down, three million people are affected, and six hundred thousand are homeless.

Jamaica Will Rely on International Charities to Get Aid to Haiti

Officials believe one of the biggest challenges to Jamaica's aid efforts would be in getting air and sea transporation.

(KINGSTON) - Jamaica will be relying heavily on the local branches of international charity organizations, such as the Red Cross and the Salvation Army, to help in coordinating its aid efforts to Haiti.

Haitian Government Discusses Earthquake Response and Coordination

We share the pain of our fellow citizens of the Haitian diaspora everywhere, but urge them to remain faithful and strong in the face of such adversity" - Haitian Embassy

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Embassy of Haiti in Washington, D.C. wishes to thank the general public and the international community for the outpouring of support and the solidarity expressed in response to the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti yesterday, January 12th, 2010 just before 5:00 p.m. The Embassy has been continuously monitoring the situation since yesterday.

UN Pledges Support for Haiti Quake Victims

Includes several of the most recently posted videos on the earthquake in Haiti.

(NEW YORK) - The 192-member United Nations General Assembly and the 15-member Security Council observed a minute of silence today as they stood in solidarity with the countless earthquake victims in Haiti, with both bodies pledging support for international relief efforts.

So Many Calamities of Nature

GOD IS NEUTRAL.

(PASO ROBLES, Calif.) - Confusion regarding God’s Universal Nature [N] is caused by the difference between a Neutral God versus the nature [n] of man’s “Institutional Gods.”

Politicizing the Tragedy in Haiti

Media Conservatives Return To Familiar Pattern In Wake of Massive Earthquake.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Today, Media Matters for America denounced Pat Robertson’s and Rush Limbaugh’s respective reactions to the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti yesterday.

“Pat Robertson’s bizarre and offensive comments come at a time of horrific human suffering,” said Ari Rabin-Havt, Vice President of Communications and Research at Media Matters.

Pat Robertson is No Man of God: What a Jerk

Typical statements from a typical numskull in American politics.

(SALEM, Ore.) - "A calamity of cataclysmic proportions". The first thing I said to our team today in regard to the deadly earthquake in Haiti, was that the scams would begin right away, and some right wing crazy would proclaim that the people deserved it.

That thought came half an hour before the Oregon AG sent out the first scam warning. About an hour later, Pat Robertson said it happened in Haiti because the people there made a pact with the devil, what a bastard.

UN Rushing Aid to Haiti Following Deadly Tremors

WFP is mobilizing all available resources for survivors of the devastating earthquake which hit the Caribbean island of Haiti on Tuesday, causing massive death and destruction.

(ROME, Italy) - The UN's World Food Program is mobilizing all available resources to bring urgently needed food assistance to thousands of people affected by the devastating earthquake which hit the Caribbean island of Haiti on Tuesday.

As well as causing death and destruction, the quake has left thousands of people hungry.