RI’s Brown University names hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean visiting fellow in Africana studies

Wyclef Jean named fellow at RI’s Brown University

Report says poor countries face education crisis; Somalia and Haiti rated worst for students

Report: Poor countries face education crisis

Final answer about Haiti helps Florida boy win National Geographic Bee in DC

Haiti knowledge helps Fla. boy wins geography bee

Development bank seeks $2 billion to overhaul ruined Haiti schools after earthquake

$2 billion sought to overhaul ruined Haiti schools

Obama gives away $1.4 million in Nobel prize money to charities

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6 Haitian orphans resume journey to US homes, board airplane bound for Miami

6 Haitian orphans resume trip to US homes

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The director of an orphanage in Haiti says six children are boarding a Miami-bound airplane four days after Haitian officials seized them at the airport.

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Bombs slow US advance in Afghan town

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AP Top News at 2:28 p.m. EST

Bombs slow US advance in Afghan town

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AP Top News at 2:21 p.m. EST

Bombs slow US advance in Afghan town

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AP Top News at 2:19 p.m. EST

Bombs slow US advance in Afghan town

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AP Top News at 2:14 p.m. EST

Bombs slow US advance in Afghan town

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AP Top News at 2:12 p.m. EST

Bombs slow US advance in Afghan town

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AP Top News at 2:08 p.m. EST

Bombs slow US advance in Afghan town

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Bombs slow US advance in Afghan town

Unicef says it needs $1.2 bn in 2010

GENEVA - The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) Thursday appealed to donors for $1.2 billion to carry out its work in 2010.

Text of President Obama’s first State of the Union address