4 killed as Haitians riot over soaring food pricesViolent protesters storm U.N. compound and open fire on peacekeepers
MSNBC, updated 1:09 a.m. PT, Sat., April. 5, 2008
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) - Four people were killed in Haiti when demonstrators protesting the high cost of living clashed with security forces, a local official said on Friday.The United Nations said protesters rioted in the southern town of Les Cayes on Thursday, burning shops, shooting at peacekeepers and looting containers at a U.N. compound. More....
Haiti’s poor resort to eating mud as prices riseCookies made of dried yellow dirt become sustenance, livelihood, concern
MSNBC, updated 3:43 p.m. PT, Tues., Jan. 29, 2008
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - It was lunchtime in one of Haiti's worst slums and Charlene Dumas was eating mud.With food prices rising, Haiti's poorest can't afford even a daily plate of rice, and some take desperate measures to fill their bellies. More....
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