From CNN: Los Angeles, California — Friday night’s star-studded “Hope for Haiti” telethon has raised a record-breaking $58 million, with more donations continuing to pour in from around the world, the benefit’s organizers announced Saturday.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti’s government has declared the search and rescue phase for survivors of the earthquake over, the United Nations said Saturday, saying there was little hope of finding more people alive 10 days after much of the capital was reduced to rubble.
From the Palestine Telegraph: Gaza – Gaza might be besieged by Israel and others, but Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip have been donating what little they have to help those struck by the earthquake in Haiti.
From JackAndJillPolitics.com: Rachel Maddow with guest, Jeremy Scahill, discussing contractors in Haiti and the MSM hyping of the civil unrest meme regarding looting by those terribly affected by the recent earthquake.
From the Huffington Post: Will Kanye West be allowed at the Clooney-helmed Haiti telethon airing this Friday? “After what he said on the Katrina telethon and the way he behaved at the MTV Video Music Awards, everyone agrees it’s just best that he does not participate,” a source told AOL’s PopEater. “Kayne has to make […]
From Blog.ForeignPolicy.com: Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade is offering free land to displaced Haitians who want to “return to their origins” in Africa:
From The Urban Daily: Almost seven years ago David Lamb and his wife Jamillah created and produced the off-Broadway play, Platanos & Collard Greens.
From the NY Times: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Dr. Alix Lassegue, the physician who runs this city’s largest hospital, including its morgue, has been trying to figure out how many people died after the earth buckled so violently last week.
