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Wyclef Jean deemed ineligible for Haitian presidency, appeal planned
Haitian elections officials announced Friday night (8/20) that hip-hop star Wyclef Jean [ tickets ] is ineligible to run for president of the Caribbean nation, but Jean plans to fight the ruling. Haiti's electoral council gave no explanation for the decision. However, Jean said in a statement that he was rejected because he has not lived in Haiti for the five consecutive years before the Nov. 28 ...

Politics › Japan, Caribbean nations agree to cooperate on climate, Haiti
Japan and 13 Caribbean nations agreed in Tokyo on Thursday to cooperate with each other in curbing global warming and offering support to quake-hit Haiti…

Japan, Caribbean nations discuss climate change, assistance for Haiti
Japan and 13 Caribbean nations agreed in Tokyo on Thursday to cooperate in curbing global warming and offering support to quake-hit Haiti among other issues at their first meeting in a decade, a Japanese official said. Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and his Jamaican counterpart, Kenneth Baugh, cochaired the one-day gathering, the second of its kind since a Tokyo meeting in November 2000, with ...

Japan, Caribbean nations seek to boost bilateral co-op, tackle int'l issues
Japan and 13 member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), agreed on Thursday to make joint moves towards tackling global warming and offering support to Haiti, still reeling from a massive earthquake that struck in January.

Running event raises money for Carroll College outreach program
With much better weather and a three-fold increase inparticipants over last year’s inaugural event, organizers of theHope for Haiti 5K, a benefit for the Carroll College Outreach Team,said the money raised will help fund the group’s second dentaloutreach mission to the Caribbean nation.

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