Earthquake

President Rene Preval Assesses Haiti’s Quake Recovery

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PBS NewsHour‘s Ray Suarez talks with Haitian President Rene Preval about the recovery the country still faces, six months after a devastating earthquake. There are many lessons from this. One is that while NGOs‘ independent work is essential immediately after the disaster, their working in co-ordination with the government is essential as time passes. I …

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China Marks First Anniversary of Deadly Earthquake | Online NewsHour | PBS

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Image via Wikipedia This is a great segment from the NewsHour on PBS. I recommend both the Streaming Video segment (8 minutes) and the two related links which include a slide show with commentary (3 minutes). Some 90,000 people died in this earthquake, and countless others remain in cramped, makeshift conditions as reconstruction progresses. Check …

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