Haiti waits on promised aid as reconstruction stalls
Nine months after the quake Haiti still shelters on streets amid rubble piles. The United States pledged 1.15 billion for rebuilding, but no funds have arrived while relief spending tops 1.1 billion. International donations total 8.75 billion, yet only 686 million reached Haiti.
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Mexican mudslide in Oaxaca leaves 11 missing, no confirmed deaths
In Santa Maria de Tlahuitoltepec Oaxaca, rescue crews faced heavy rains and damaged routes as a massive mudslide ripped through the town. Authorities, including Interior Minister Francisco Blake and Governor Ulises Ruiz, reduced the toll from earlier fears, stating 11 people remain missing with no confirmed fatalities.
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Recession hurts marriages and widens income gap in 2009
Washington report on Census data shows marriages at a record low 52 percent of adults 18 plus, poverty rising in many states, and the income gap widening to a 14.5 to 1 ratio. Unemployment reached 10 percent in 2009 with 9.6 percent jobless rate.
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Mark Mather
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America
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