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August 31, 2011 Researchers tracked the movements of cellphone users through their SIM cards in Haiti during the cholera epidemic. Their study shows that cellphone data could help doctors and others better provide relief during a disaster or epidemic.

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July 12, 2011 The physician and anthropologist has spent 30 years treating patients in Haiti. In Haiti After The Earthquake, he details what it was like on the ground in the days after the 2010 quake — and why the country is still struggling to recover.

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April 5, 2011 Michel Martelly, who is also known as Sweet Micky, has never before held political office. A year ago, the pop musician's campaign was considered by many Haitians to be a long shot, a publicity stunt or a joke. Now Martelly is poised to lead a nation still struggling to recover from the 2010 earthquake.

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• Japan And Haiti: Picturing The Unimaginable

March 21, 2011 Haitians went to the polls to elect a new president Sunday. The contest pit an elderly former first lady against one of Haiti's most famous and colorful pop singers. Despite some delays at polling places, the election was much smoother than November's troubled primary. But results aren't expected until the end of March.

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• SPECIAL SERIES: Haiti A Year Later

December 8, 2010 The headquarters of Haiti's ruling party was set on fire as supporters of eliminated candidates poured into the streets to protest presidential election results. Photos from Haiti show how riots have broken out over the news that government protege Jude Celestin and former first lady Mirlande Manigat would advance to a second-round runoff.

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July 14, 2010 Americans have donated more than $1.3 billion for Haiti after the country's Jan. 12 quake. Thousands of charities are helping the recovery effort. But plans to move survivors out of encampments into more suitable housing seem months, or even years, away.

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July 13, 2010 Post-quake charities raised $1.3 billion from Americans to help Haitian survivors. But hundreds of millions of dollars remain in charity coffers, an NPR survey found. One of the problems in dysfunctional Haiti: Aid money can be spent only so fast.

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June 3, 2010 Across Haiti's capital, hundreds of thousands of earthquake victims are living in camps. For the residents of one makeshift settlement, the greatest threat is traffic. More than 1,000 people are living on an 8-foot-wide stretch of highway median south of Port-au-Prince.

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• Still Littered With Rubble, Haiti Stirs Slowly To Life
• In Battered Haiti, Cockfighting A Fierce Diversion

June 2, 2010 Haiti's recovery from the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake is proceeding — but not fast enough for most. Aid workers say some of the almost 2 million people displaced by the quake will be living in shelters for another year or more. The task ahead remains huge and, in particular, a shortage of equipment is hindering demolition efforts.

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May 25, 2010 Cockfighting rivals soccer as the most watched sport in Haiti. Animal rights activists in the U.S. denounce the activity as cruel and inhumane, but in Haiti, spectators say it's a weekly distraction from their difficult daily lives, particularly after January's massive earthquake.

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May 25, 2010 Over the past few weeks we have seen and heard a lot from Haiti and, unfortunately, many of those stories are negative. But NPR's David Gilkey has the story of an sculptor who is, literally, constructive amid destruction.

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May 24, 2010 One built by the Haitian government is clean, new, orderly and completely empty. The other is the largest informal settlement in the city. It has turned into a bustling slum that reeks of raw sewage and is overflowing with people.

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May 21, 2010 At least some parts of life are returning to something like normalcy four months after the disaster. The streets of Port-au-Prince are filled with children in school uniforms. A $6 million emergency construction program is creating about 50 temporary structures where classes can be held.

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