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School principal Jean Manesse, left, and priest Pere Desire Fritz, talk with their students at a high school in Sheridan, Haiti about the building collapsing in an earthquake which devastated the country 2 months ago. The school was the first of 44 build in rural Haiti by the Haitian Education Foundation which is based in El Dorado.

School principal Jean Manesse, left, and priest Pere Desire Fritz, talk with their students at a high school in Sheridan, Haiti about the building collapsing in an earthquake which devastated the country 2 months ago. The school was the first of 44 build in rural Haiti by the Haitian Education Foundation which is based in El Dorado.
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Hope rises for Haiti schools

Students anxious as state group works on rebuilding

CHERIDENT, Haiti — The ruins of Frances Landers’ dream of schools for all Haitian children lie cracked and broken in the mountains southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, but hope for rebuilding is growing stronger every day. Read More »

By Amy Schlesing posted at 5:16 a.m.

S Al-Maliki bloc taking 2 southern provinces

BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s ticket gained winning margins of votes in two southern provinces during Sunday’s parliamentary election, Iraqi officials announced Thursday. Read More »

By ERNESTO LONDOQO THE WASHINGTON POST posted at 3:46 a.m.

S Aftershocks hit as Chilean president is sworn in

SANTIAGO, Chile — A series of strong aftershocks from last month’s devastating quake rocked Chile on Thursday as a new president was sworn in to office and immediately urged coastal residents to move to higher ground in case of a tsunami. Read More »

By MICHAEL WARREN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS posted at 3:23 a.m.

S Attack on aid group kills 6

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Suspected militants armed with assault rifles and a homemade bomb attacked the offices of a U.S.-based Christian aid group helping earthquake survivors in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six Pakistani employees, police and the organization said. Read More »

By MUNIR AHMED THE ASSOCIATED PRESS posted March 11, 2010 at 3:17 a.m.

S Biden cautions Palestinians, Israelis on imperiling talks

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday said Israel and the Palestinians will be held “accountable ” for actions jeopardizing peace efforts, such as Israeli approval of a plan for new homes in east Jerusalem. Read More »

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE PRESS SERVICES posted March 11, 2010 at 3:15 a.m.

S On Afghan visit, Iranian president assails U.S.

KABUL, Afghanistan — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used a brief visit to Afghanistan on Wednesday to lob insults at the United States and argue that international forces won’t stop terrorism and will lead only to more civilian deaths. Read More »

By DEB RIECHMANN AND RAHIM FAIEZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS posted March 11, 2010 at 3:13 a.m.

S German Catholics look at abuse claims

Choir was once led by pope’s brother

BERLIN — Catholic authorities in Germany announced two major abuse investigations Wednesday — one into the renowned choir once led by Pope Benedict XVI’s brother and another more general look into what everyone, including the pope, knew about the sexual and physical abuse of students. Read More »

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER AND VERENA SCHMITT-ROSCHMANN TH posted March 11, 2010 at 3:08 a.m.

S Israel, Syria tell nuke-energy aims

Neighboring rivals note needs, say alternative sources desired

PARIS — Mideast rivals Israel and Syria have announced ambitions to develop nuclear energy, which could bring new international attention to Israel’s secretive nuclear activities. Read More »

By ANGELA CHARLTON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS posted March 10, 2010 at 4:37 a.m.

S Gates visits former Afghanistan ‘ghost town’

NOW ZAD, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert Gates took a brief, heavily guarded walk Tuesday down a rutted street in this scruffy market city where the Taliban lobbed mortar shells at U.S. forces only weeks ago. Read More »

By ANNE GEARAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS posted March 10, 2010 at 3:42 a.m.

S N. Ireland lawmakers vote to run own legal system

BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Northern Ireland lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to create a new Justice Department, the next key step in making their Catholic-Protestant government work. Read More »

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS posted March 10, 2010 at 3:40 a.m.

S Cyprus finds president’s stolen body

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Three months after it was stolen, the corpse of Cyprus’ former president was found reburied in another grave, and three men were arrested Tuesday in what officials called a case of body snatching for ransom. Read More »

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS posted March 10, 2010 at 3:38 a.m.

Needy strain Haitian aid projects

Can’t do it forever, LR doctor says as homeless, hungry stream in

GONAIVES, Haiti — Gosue Suete escaped the destruction after the Jan. 12 earthquake demolished his home in Port-au-Prince by heading north to stay with friends. Read More »

By Amy Schlesing posted March 9, 2010 at 5:07 a.m.

Officials backtrack on ID of al-Qaida captive

Nabbed American is not spokesman, Pakistan says now

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani officials reversed course Monday on the identity of a recently captured American suspected of being a member of al-Qaida, saying the man is not the terror network’s U.S.-born spokesman as they initially believed. Read More »

By SEBASTIAN ABBOT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS posted March 9, 2010 at 5:05 a.m.

S Businesses: Chavez should reset clocks

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan business leaders want President Hugo Chavez to stage a 30-minute retreat — dropping a time zone shift they say is costing the country badly needed energy. Read More »

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS posted March 9, 2010 at 5:04 a.m.

S U.S. missionary released in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — One of two Baptist missionaries still held on kidnapping charges in Haiti was released Monday, but the U.S. group’s leader remained in custody. Read More »

By EVENS SANON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS posted March 9, 2010 at 4:58 a.m.