PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Desperate Haitians turned rubble-strewn streets and parks into makeshift hospitals and refugee camps on Thursday in the absence of any noticeable response from authorities in Haiti after Tuesday's earthquake.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — When Kenyan police arrived in Haiti as part of a United Nations-backed mission earlier this year to tackle gang violence, hopes were high. Coordinated gang attacks on prisons, ...
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