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'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
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
George Clooney's Hope for Haiti Now telethon has raised US$57 million (NZ$79 million) so far.

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.

Clooney's see-through underwear fears
George Clooney claims curious airline staff will target him with new airport scanners which can see through clothing.

War correspondent Mike McRoberts and the battle of social journalism
TV3 correspondent Mike McRoberts wades in to his own battle about a reporter's role in a disaster zone.

Tumbele! - Biguine, Afro & Latin Sounds from the French Caribbean: 1963-74
If the joyous and spirited sounds on this album are anything to go by, the 60s and early 70s would have been a golden age to be partying on the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique.

Black Hawks bring relief from above for desperate Haitans
American Black Hawk helicopters swooped down onto the grounds of the ruined presidential palace in Port-au-Prince yesterday to disgorge combat troops and humanitarian supplies.

Righteous finger on reggae pulse
Amid the glut of pop reggae at next weekend's Raggamuffin Festival come two veteran acts with righteous roots.

NZ open to sending police to Haiti - PM
New Zealand would be open to sending police to help in Haiti if asked to, Prime Minister John Key says. UN chief Ban Ki-moon has requested 3500 extra troops and police.

'If you don't kill the criminals, they will all come back' - Haitian police
Police asking citizens to take justice into their own hands against gang leaders who escaped from a quake damaged prison.

Tourism vital to Haiti's wrecked economy
The Independent's Simon Calder says it's not too soon for cruise ships to return to the benighted nation.

Violence fears rise as Haiti gang leaders fill police void
Influential gang leaders who escaped from a heavily damaged prison during the Haiti's killer earthquake are starting to wreak havoc across Port-au Prince.

Search on for more survivors after four found alive
Amid the devastation, spirits in Haiti are lifted as remarkable stories of successful rescues continue to emerge.

Haiti: NZ mum coming to terms with loss
The New Zealand mother who lost a husband and two daughters in the Haitian earthquake is "getting through hour by hour", say family members.

Haiti quake family had 'always helped others'
Grieving relatives of the three NZ-Haitian family members killed in the Haiti earthquake say the family had always worked to help others.

Bodies of two NZ girls and father found in Haiti
The bodies of Emmanuel Rejouis and his New Zealand-born daughters Kofie-Jade and Zenzie have been found in the rubble of a quake-hit hotel in Haiti.

Brad Pitt, Jolie donate $1m to Haiti quake relief
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have donated $1 million ($NZ1.3 million) to help the earthquake victims on the Caribbean island of Haiti.

Haiti: 50,000 dead, US pledges $135m
Tens of thousands of people are feared dead and millions are in need of emergency assistance after Haiti's catastrophic earthquake.

NZ mother, daughter safe after quake escape
A NZ-born mother and her injured daughter, 2, were safe in the Dominican Republic last night after escaping earthquake-shattered Haiti.

Haiti quake: How to donate and country facts
How to donate to the Haiti relief appeals, facts about Haiti

Bomb plot 'ringleaders' were freed from Guantanamo
Yemeni officials say hundreds of al-Qaida members could be living in the country.

Copenhagen fund gets CHOGM backing
Commonwealth leaders have today backed the British-led proposal to support developing countries adapt to low-carbon emissions policies.