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HaitiSun.com Tuesday 9th February 2010 Edition 40/2010
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"It is unfair you enjoy a safe life while our brothers in Gaza suffer greatly. Our attacks will continue as long as you support Israel. "
Osama bin Laden
The al-Qaeda leader was addressing U.S. President Barack Obama in a recently-released videotape.

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$£€ United States, Dollar Euro Haiti, Gourde Jamaica, Dollar Brazil, Real
United States, Dollar - 0.729 39.75 88.60 1.866
Euro 1.370 - 54.47 121.4 2.557
Haiti, Gourde 0.025 0.018 - 2.228 0.046
Jamaica, Dollar 0.011 0.008 0.448 - 0.021
Brazil, Real 0.535 0.390 21.29 47.46 -

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UN: some Haitian hospitals are charging patients
World Vision Receives a $35,000 Donation From the Sir Wilfred Laurier School Board for the "Hockey for Haiti" Project Headed by Georges Laraque
Assembly green-lights 240 South Korean troops for Haiti

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Earthquake rattles southern Mexico
UN workers' toll in Haiti Quake reaches 94
Costa Rica elects first woman president
Former Liberian Warring Faction Leader Arrested by U.S. Authorities

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Social sites causing concern to business
Iranian opposition leader sentenced six-year jail
Yemen Al Qaeda leader blasts Arab states in new tape
A New Website Series Improves Appearance and Health City by City
President Obama Delivers Historic "Internet Freedom" Speech Using ConnectSolutions Podium™
Autographs Store Sports Memorabilia Website Launches FIFA 2010 World Cup Packages

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Haitian man dragged alive from rubbleHaitian man dragged alive from rubble
A Haitian man has amazingly been pulled from rubble in the destroyed city of Port au...

Angelina Jolie visits Haitian refugees in Dominican Republic
Washington, Feb 9 : Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie recently paid a visit to Haiti refugees in Dominican...
Haiti miracle: 28-year-old man survives four weeks after being buried by killer quake
London, Feb. 9 : Nearly a month after being buried by Haiti's killer quake, a 28-year-old man has been pulled alive from the wreckage of a building in...
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US warned to beware terror incidents overseasUS warned to beware terror incidents overseas
Al-Qaeda has made another threat toward the...

Mogadishu residents flee impending fightMogadishu residents flee impending fight
There have been more terror attacks linked to rebel and government forces in Mogadishu,...
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Pakistani police claim to have prevented an attack on a five-star hotel in Lahore, the country's second largest...
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Toyota's president is due to brief the Japanese government on the Prius...

More nuclear power for ArgentinaMore nuclear power for Argentina
Argentina has decided to build a third nuclear plant by end of the...
Greece to boost government revenues with taxGreece to boost government revenues with tax
Greece will institute tax reforms to urgently boost government...
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Washington, Feb 9 : Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie recently paid a visit to Haiti refugees in Dominican Republic.

The 'Tomb Raider' star, who serves as a goodwill ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and UNICEF, visited Haitian children that are in the Dominican Republic to receive medical treatment following the devastating 7.0 earthquake, reports Radar Online.

The earthquake is said to have killed more than 200,000 people.

She toured the pediatric wing of Dario Contreras Hospital in Santa Domingo with it's director Hector Quezada and Gonzalo Vargas Llosa, the son of famed Peruvian writer, Mario Vargas Llosa.

The 34-year-old star also met the President of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernandez at the presidential National Palace.

It has also been reported that Jolie will travel to the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince.


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