Two Years Later, Signs Of Progress In Haiti

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BBC NewsTwo years later, signs of progress in HaitiWashington PostPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Hope here is measured in bags of cement. Progress is a city park without a tent. The future is a bus that takes children to school without charge. Its destination above the driver's window reads: “Dignity. ...Few Major Haiti Reconstruction Projects Have BegunNPRall 627 news articles »

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