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![White House: Oil spill could affect drilling plan](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
White House: Oil spill could affect drilling plan
A massive oil spill off the Gulf coast is threatening to eclipse even the infamous Exxon Valdez disaster.
![NZ freediver sets new world record](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
NZ freediver sets new world record
William Trubridge battled the effects of narcosis to set a new world record in the Bahamas, diving to 116m without fins.
![Champers sorbet to raise $500 per glass for Haiti](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Champers sorbet to raise $500 per glass for Haiti
Two businessmen have created a $500 Cristal champagne sorbet, topped with gold-leaf shavings, to raise money for Haiti earthquake victims.
![Delving into heritage makes a harrowing read](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Delving into heritage makes a harrowing read
Stephen Jewell talks to author Andrea Levy about slavery, story-telling and holidays on the North Shore.
![Haitian judge poised to release kidnap accused missionaries](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Haitian judge poised to release kidnap accused missionaries
Ten missionaries facing trial for trying to take a busload of children out of Haiti could be released from jail.
![Haiti survivor's story under scrutiny](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Haiti survivor's story under scrutiny
A rice seller may have lived under the rubble of a flea market for 27 days with little more than water.
![Angelina Jolie visits quake-hit Haiti](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Angelina Jolie visits quake-hit Haiti
Actress and UN goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie has arrived in Haiti to meet with earthquake victims.
![Haiti and its brave new souls](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Haiti and its brave new souls
Even before the earthquake struck, Haiti had the highest rate of maternal and infant death, as well as the deaths of children under the age of five, of any country in the Western Hemisphere.
!['Use a condom', ex-NBA player tells Haitians](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
'Use a condom', ex-NBA player tells Haitians
An ex-NBA star savages efforts to rebuild Haiti, blaming citizens for not doing more to protect themselves from disaster.
![The good, the bad and the brilliant](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
The good, the bad and the brilliant
Marina Endicott witnessed a two-car collision that provided the starting point for Good to a Fault, winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in the Canada and Caribbean region.
![Hope for Haiti telethon raises millions](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Hope for Haiti telethon raises millions
George Clooney's Hope for Haiti Now telethon has raised US$57 million (NZ$79 million) so far.
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Haiti: Aid agencies 'look after own interests', says report
A row has broken out between aid organisations in Haiti and The Lancet medical journal which claimed they look after their own interests rather than those of the people they claim to help.