Haiti Adoption: Children Join Adoptive French Families

Haitian orphans arrive in France
PARIS, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- More than 100 orphaned Haitian Children will be with their new families in France in time to spend Christmas, officials said. The children, from 18 to 24 months old, were flown into Paris after the French government chartered an Aircraft to deliver them to their new homes, The Independent reported. A team of pediatricians was at the airport to examine the Children and check for signs of Cholera, which has killed about 2,500 in Haiti in recent weeks. The children's departu...

Adoptive parents arrive in Haiti to fetch children
French families arrived in Haiti to fetch a group of Haitian Children they adopted in the wake of a devastating Earthquake that ravaged the impoverished country nearly a year ago. "What a relief. These families have waited for a year after the Earthquake and some no longer believed it would happen," French Ambassador Didier Le Bret said as he welcomed the adoptive parents arriving aboard a government-chartered plane in Port-au-Prince. The group of 105 parents is due to return to Paris later Tues...

Adopted Haitians arrive in France
Some 200 Haitian orphans are being brought to France to be with their adoptive families for Christmas. On Wednesday, a plane carrying the first group of more than 100 Children arrived in Paris from Port-au-Prince. Another flight carrying another 80 Children is expected on Friday. More than 300 adopted Children are included in a special programme to bring them to France, after disruptions caused by the Earthquake that devastated the country in January. The Children were all in the process of bein...

Sneak Peek: 'On the Record' 1-Hour Special on Haiti Tonight!
Tune in to tonight's very special ON THE RECORD at 10 pm . We will take you to Cholera-ravaged Haiti nearly a year after it was struck by a deadly Earthquake. You will follow the Rev. Franklin Graham's Samaritan's Purse and the Palin family as we take a look at the devastated country and try to bring Christmas cheer to some Children. Here's another preview of our special on Haiti. Don't miss tonight's ON THE RECORD at 10! ...

Bill Clinton's Lies
Few people took the floor; among them the Venezuelan ambassador who, as one of the most important donors, spoke briefly, using heartfelt, clear and accurate words. Clinton took up almost all of the time in a meting which began at 5:30 pm and ended at midnight. The Cuban ambassador, as a key participant, was there silent witness at the request of Haiti and Santo Domingo. He was not conceded the right to say a single word, although he was a witness to a meeting that accomplished absolutely nothi...

Haiti Cholera Fears Set Off Lynchings
(AFP) - Angry Haitian mobs have lynched at least 45 people in recent weeks, accusing them of spreading a Cholera outbreak that has killed over 2,500 people across the country, officials said Wednesday. The number included at least 14 suspected sorcerers previously known to have been lynched in the far southwestern region of Grand'Anse, as local people feared they were spreading Cholera with a magical substance. The area has been largely spared by the outbreak. "We have counted 40 people dead in ...

Angry Haitian mobs lynch 45 witches over cholera outbreak
Stumble This! Port-au-Prince — Angry Haitian mobs have lynched at least 45 people in recent weeks, accusing them of spreading a Cholera outbreak that has killed over 2,500 people across the country, officials said Wednesday. The number included at least 14 suspected sorcerers previously known to have been lynched in the far southwestern region of Grand'Anse as local people feared they were spreading Cholera with a magical substance. The area has been largely spared by the outbreak. "We ha...

HORROR: 45 people lynched amid Haiti cholera terror...
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Angry Haitian mobs have lynched at least 45 people in recent weeks, accusing them of spreading a Cholera outbreak that has killed over 2,500 people across the country, officials said Wednesday. The number included at least 14 suspected sorcerers previously known to have been lynched in the far southwestern region of Grand'Anse as local people feared they were spreading Cholera with a magical substance. The area has been largely spared by the outbreak. "We have counted 40 ...

More on Haiti's Raging Cholera, Electoral Fraud and Deportations
"In record time," Cuba's BMC established a 100-bed treatment center in Carrefour for its 400,000 residents, 20 km from Port-au-Prince. Its "comprehensive Cholera treatment areas" have 32 doctors and staff. In tents, 38 units are operating. "(H)ospitals adapted to confront the disease....which through December 12 had treated 34,309 patients" with a mortality rate of 0.75%. In total, Cuba plans 20 Treatment Centers throughout the country, including in Mirebalais, Hinche, Saut-d'eau, L'Estere, Pl...

'Don't impose Haiti solution' urges leader
"It is a Haitian crisis, and it is the Haitian people who have to find a solution," Manigat, a 70-year-old former First Lady who was the clear leader in the November 28 first round poll, told Journalists late Tuesday. A resolution should not be "created and imposed" by the international community, she added. President Rene Preval, who has served a maximum two terms and is accused of rigging the poll in favor of a handpicked successor, has delayed publication of the final results until an inter...

'Don't impose Haiti solution' urges leader
The front-runner in Haiti's disputed presidential Elections, Mirlande Manigat, is urging the international community not to impose its own political solution on the quake-hit nation. "It is a Haitian crisis, and it is the Haitian people who have to find a solution," Manigat, a 70-year-old former First Lady who was the clear leader in the November 28 first round poll, told Journalists late Tuesday. A resolution should not be "created and imposed" by the international community, she added. Preside...

CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM Free Admission Christmas Day
H. A. Rey, final illustration for How Do you Get There? (1941) Paris, early 1940. Watercolor on board. After their fateful escape from Paris and a four-month journey across France, Spain, Portugal, and Brazil, the couple settled in New York in the fall of 1940. In all, the Reys authored and illustrated over 30 books, most of them for Children, with seven of them starring Curious George. Seventy years after the arrival of Curious George in America, the monkey’s antics have been translated i...

Adoptive parents arrive in Haiti to fetch children
French families arrived in Haiti late Tuesday to fetch a group of Haitian Children they adopted in the wake of a devastating Earthquake that ravaged the impoverished country nearly a year ago. "What a relief. These families have waited for a year after the Earthquake and some no longer believed it would happen," French Ambassador Didier Le Bret said as he welcomed the adoptive parents arriving aboard a government-chartered plane in Port-au-Prince. The group of 105 parents is due to return to P...

Rev. Franklin Graham Praises Sarah Palins Compassion: Shes Quite a Lady and Shes Not Afraid to Get Her Hands Dirty Video
Here is video of Rev. Franklin Graham talking about Gov. Sarah Palin and her recent trip with him to Haiti to check on the Cholera Crisis there and to raise awareness about the tremendous needs there. Graham praised Palin for the way she showed compassion to the suffering people in Haiti: “She came in with her smile. She would sit on the cots - now you have to understand, a Cholera Clinic - these cots have been soaked in urine and fecal matter, and vomit - Cholera is a ...

45 people lynched amid Haiti cholera fears: officials
Source: ASIAONE NEWS 45 people lynched amid Haiti Cholera fears: officials Thu, Dec 23, 2010 AFP Port-au-Prince, HAITI - Angry Haitian mobs have lynched at least 45 people in recent weeks, accusing them of spreading a Cholera outbreak that has killed over 2,500 people across the country, officials said Wednesday. The number included at least 14 suspected sorcerers previously known to have been lynched in the far southwestern region of Grand'Anse as local people feared they were spreading cholera...

Gotta Watch: Holiday double-take; Haiti quake; $27B museum; 'Conan' redux
Hang in there, guy - This video conjures up images from National Lampoon's "Christmas Vacation." CNN affiliate WPRI shows us one guy's Christmas display that would make even Clark Griswold tremble. Haiti: One year later - We are just shy of the 12-month anniversary of the Earthquake that killed some 230,000 people in Haiti. CNN looks at what Haiti looked like after it happened and what has - and hasn't - been done help the Island Nation recover. $27 billion m...

Lady Gaga bares bottom in see-through flesh-coloured pants
She's known for her cheeky Fashions - but Lady GaGa pushed the boat out when she braved below-zero temperatures in barely-there lingerie and precious little else for a spot of retail Therapy earlier today. The 24-year-old star took being cool to a new level when she popped to the shops in Paris wearing a lacy basque-style bodysuit over some fishnets, topped with a black PVC jacket - though from a distance you could be forgiven for thinking she was totally baring her buttocks. The star accessori...

MEMRI - The Middle East Media Research Institute
Daoud Al-Shiryan, editor of the Alarabiya.net website, criticized France following a December 7, 2010 report in the daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat regarding this country's role in brokering an understanding between the Lebanese March 14 Forces (headed by Al-Mustaqbal) and the March 8 Forces (headed by Hizbullah) regarding the indictment to be issued by the Al-Hariri tribunal. According to the Al-Sharq Al-Awsat report, the understanding obliges the March 14 Forces to refrain from accusing Hizbullah in t...

Newsprint and Transcendence
There were wonders to be discovered in New York on a recent cold, clear, brilliant December day. Eykyn Maclean, an elegant new gallery with space on two floors of a narrow building on East 67th Street, had mounted an exhibition of work by Alberto Giacometti. While there was a great deal of sculpture and much else to see, what I found myself thinking about was Giacometti’s curious habit of drawing on the pages of books or on Newspapers and magazines, effacing an author’s w...

Saudis buy landmark Paris hotel
The prestigious Hotel de Crillon in the heart of Paris has been sold to a member of the Saudi royal family. The 18th Century former palace, on the Place de la Concorde, is said to have been bought for around 250m euros (£212m, $328m). The Crillon is currently owned by US company Starwood Capital which acquired the hotel when it took over the Taittinger empire in 2005. An earlier attempt to sell the hotel to Saudi-backed JJW ended up in court. In April, the court ruled that JJW would have to...

Biotech Versus the “Common Interest”
Like a teacher fresh out of ideas who resorts to requiring memorization of material, the American intelligence community, so called, has often resorted to accusations involving sexual misconduct in attempts to silence, or at least strike back at, critics of the imperial policies. Not that the accusations are always baseless; witness the story of Scott Ritter, for one. But realistically, and without excusing such behavior, sexual escapades are nothing new in the annals of the great game. It seems...

French farmer jailed in shooting over truffles (AP)
Paris – Police say they have arrested a farmer on the edge of France's fabled Provence region who fatally shot a trespasser he suspected of trying to steal highly coveted truffles. The 32-year-old farmer told police he was guarding his truffle patch in the town of Grignan when he was frightened by the intruder and shot him in the legs and head with a hunting rifle. Police said Wednesday that the farmer believed the man was armed. The 43-year-old Victim died shortly after the shooting Mon...

Oooh, That Smell
“UN Evacuated Due to Suspicious Odor,” Jim Hoft notes, holding his nose and linking to a Reuters report: The U.N. Security Council and General Assembly were evacuated on Tuesday due to a “suspicious odor,” a U.N. spokesman said. Spokesman Farhan Haq said the Evacuation was a precautionary measure. “We are currently trying to identify the odor with local authorities,” he said. Both the Security Council and the General Assembly had scheduled meetings on Tuesday, which wer

US abuser of Haiti kids sentenced to 20 years
A locked cellblock at a Prison in the US. A US man who sexually abused the ... A US man who sexually abused the Haitian Children he was supposedly helping in the stricken Caribbean nation was sentenced Tuesday by a Connecticut court to nearly 20 years in prison. Douglas Perlitz, 40, was sentenced in New Haven to 235 months of prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for sexually abusing at least eight Children during a decade in Haiti, the Federal Prosecutor's office in Connecticut s...

French farmer jailed in shooting over truffles
PARIS (AP) — Police say they have arrested a farmer on the edge of France’s fabled Provence region who fatally shot a trespasser he suspected of trying to steal highly coveted truffles. The 32-year-old farmer told police he was guarding his truffle patch in the town of Grignan when he was frightened by the intruder and shot him in the legs and head with a hunting rifle. Police said Wednesday that the farmer believed the man was armed. The 43-year-old Victim died shortly after the sho...