American educators and aid groups are helping Haitian schools rebuild more than six months after January's 7.0 earthquake destroyed nearly 80 percent of the country's schools.
Recently in News Category Patience grows thin as recovery continues to crawl in Haiti--now almost eight months since the earthquake. But the pace may not be due to lack of funds, but rather broken promises. Cap Haitien is already an over-populated city, with thousands of people seeking refugee from Port-au-Prince.  Haitian musician Wyclef Jean, who is looking towards a political career,
has learned he can't appeal a decision that has restricted him from
taking part in his native Haiti's presidential race later this year.
 When two men barged into Sherrie Fausey's school a few months after the Jan. 12 quake and demanded all the food in the pantry, she calmly said no. The men threatened to kill her."That's really sad," the 62-year-old said, matter-of-factly. "Because I'm going to heaven and you're going to prison." The men ran away. Pictured: Girls read books in a library that is being reorganized at the Christian Light Ministries school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
 Wyclef Jean, the hip-hop star who had hoped to become Haiti's next president, said Sunday that his lawyers would challenge the recent ruling from election officials that kept him from the list of eligible candidates. Supporters of the hip-hop star Wyclef Jean protested Saturday in Croix des Bouquets, Haiti, against his exclusion from the country's presidential election.  A Colorado man who founded a school for street children in Haiti
acknowledged Wednesday that he sexually abused several, wrapping up a
case in which prosecutors said he manipulated the boys with promises of
food and shelter and threatened to expel them if they refused.
Douglas Perlitz, 40, pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in New Haven, Conn., to travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, a charge that carries up to 30 years in prison. As part of a plea deal, he admitted to engaging in illicit sexual conduct with eight children.  Singer Wyclef Jean's high-profile bid for Haiti's presidency ended after
election officials on the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean nation
disqualified his candidacy.The Haitian-American hip hop star expressed disappointment at the late Friday ruling, but called on his followers to act "peacefully and responsibly."  Hip
hop artist Wyclef Jean said he was in hiding Tuesday after receiving
death threats as he and more than 30 other potential candidates for
Haiti's presidency waited to find out if they would be allowed to run in
the November election.
 Haiti's presidential candidate and Hip hop singer Wyclef Jean, second
right, greet supporters at the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti,
Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. Jean said that if he is elected he will work to
change Haiti's constitution to allow dual citizenship and give Haitians
living abroad the right to vote. Haiti will hold presidential
elections next Nov. 28.
 The
devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti in January was unleashed by a
previously undetected fault line - not the well-known one scientists
initially blamed, according to an analysis of new data.
 France's President Nicolas Sarkozy during a visit to Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, after the earthquake in January. Photograph: Francois Mori/AFP/Getty Images A group of international academics and authors has written to Nicolas Sarkozy calling on France to reimburse the crushing "independence debt" it imposed on Haiti nearly 200 years ago.
 Haitian President Rene Preval in April visits Corail-Cesselesse, a vast and well-outfitted encampment for about 6,000 people not far from the town of Croix-des-Bouquets. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times / August 15, 2010) Haitian President Rene Preval peers off and rubs his beard when he thinks about those 35 seconds when the earth convulsed.
 Music, not politics, made Wyclef Jean a household name in Haiti and a multimillion-record-selling international star who has always proclaimed his Haitian origins. That was before he announced that he would run for president of Haiti. The musician Wyclef Jean at a New York benefit in January for Haitian earthquake relief.  Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean said he wanted to become president of Haiti as he was "the right person" for his impoverished quake-battered country, in an interview to be published Monday. Haitian hip-hop star Wyclef Jean (R) walks with his wife Cladinette in Port-au-Prince.
 'World News' Wants to Know What You Think Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean's bid to become Haiti's president is under criticism from another celebrity, actor Sean Penn.
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