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There are concerns of cholera spreading and authorities say there are focused on getting water, food and medication to people living in shelters.
Most of the deaths recorded are in struggling Haiti and many were killed by falling trees and flying debris.
The hurricane caused severe flooding and killed four people in the Dominican Republic as well as at least 13 in Haiti.
Michel Martelly, a charismatic singer with no government experience, was sworn in as Haiti’s president on Saturday.
Michel Martelly, a shaven-headed singer and political outsider, won Haiti’s presidential election in a landslide victory.
Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier offered his sympathies on Friday to those who suffered abuses under his rule.
Haiti detained former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier on Tuesday to prosecute him on possible corruption charges.
Quake-hit Haiti and its aid partners fought on Friday to stem a cholera epidemic that has killed nearly 200 people and sickened more than 2 000.
Haiti’s electoral council ruled on Friday that hip-hop star Wyclef Jean did not meet a residency requirement to run as a presidential candidate.
A strong aftershock struck Haiti on Wednesday, creating panic among people camping out in the capital’s streets after last week’s earthquake.
A major earthquake rocked Haiti on Tuesday, killing possibly thousands of people as it toppled the presidential palace and hillside shanties.
A major earthquake struck the capital of impoverished Haiti on Tuesday, toppling many buildings and burying hundreds under the rubble.
The death toll in the collapse of a ramshackle school in Haiti rose above 90 on Saturday after rescue workers uncovered a room full of dead.
A church school collapsed on the outskirts of Haiti’s capital on Friday, burying dozens in rubble and killing at least 50, many of them children.
Hurricane Ike strengthened rapidly into an extremely dangerous category-four hurricane in the open Atlantic on Wednesday.
Gustav weakened after it slammed into Haiti as a hurricane on Tuesday, killing at least two people, but could strengthen again, said forecasters.
