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		<title>In Haiti, Human Misery is a Profitable Business</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/10/haiti-human-misery-profitable-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bernish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even before last January&#8217;s devastating earthquake leveled Haiti, killing 300,000 people and leaving untold numbers more without shelter, the infrequent news reports emanating from the island nation typically focused on Haiti&#8217;s many and seemingly intractable problems: extreme poverty, high mortality rates, especially among children, corruption, and a cultural acceptance of domestic slavery. It&#8217;s not gotten [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/08/international-day-remembrance-slave-trade-abolition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Glavic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United Nations’ (UN) International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is held on August 23rd each year to remind people of the tragedy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. In late August, 1791, an uprising began in Santo Domingo (today Haiti and the Dominican Republic) that would have a major [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prostitutes Flock to Haiti to Capitalize on Relief Aid</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/08/prostitutes-flock-haiti-capitalize-relief-aid/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/08/prostitutes-flock-haiti-capitalize-relief-aid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bernish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As if the devastated island nation of Haiti wasn&#8217;t already dysfunctional, new reports say that prostitutes from the nearby Dominican Republic are coming to Haiti, lured by the promise of business from aid workers and huge infusions of relief aid into the Haitian economy. The situation cries out for some level of government intervention.  But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haitian Children Live in a Netherworld</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/07/haitian-children-alive-netherworld/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/07/haitian-children-alive-netherworld/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bernish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world&#8217;s attention has gone on from Haiti to other catastrophes.  But outside the glare of the news media, life in the ravaged island nation goes on &#8212; albeit barely, and especially for children orphaned in the January earthquake. One such orphan, a 14-year-old named Daphne Joseph, is portrayed in this New York Times article [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statement Regarding Haiti Relief</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/01/statement-haiti-relief/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freedom Center Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We express our personal condolences to the Haitian people and, at the same time, we take great comfort and pride in witnessing once again, how the human spirit of sharing and giving can help surmount even the most desperate tragedies. The dimensions of the devastation of the earthquake in Haiti are still not known, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haitian Children Vulnerable to Trafficking in Wake of Earthquake</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2010/01/haitian-children-vulnerable-trafficking-wake-earthquake/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bernish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The catastrophic dimensions of the earthquake in Haiti are still not known, but if prior experience in these situations is any guide, children are especially vulnerable &#8212; not just to physical injury, but also to human traffickers. The Freedom Center is organizing a response to this situation to help insure that Haitian children obtain food, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haiti&#8217;s Desperately Poor Children Devestated by Hurricanes</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2008/09/haitis-desperate-poor-children-devestated-by-hurricanes/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2008/09/haitis-desperate-poor-children-devestated-by-hurricanes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bernish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This season&#8217;s rash of damaging hurricanes has brought death and destruction to Caribbean islands, Florida and the U.S. Gulf Coast. So far this year, five substantial storms have battered through the region, causing at least hundreds of deaths and untold millions of dollars in property damage. But if there is nation that has suffered more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nightline: How to Buy a Child in 10 Hours</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2008/07/nightline-how-to-buy-a-child-in-10-hours/</link>
		<comments>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2008/07/nightline-how-to-buy-a-child-in-10-hours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris McMahon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight&#8217;s (July 8th, 2008) broadcast of Nightline (ABC, 11:35 EST, check your local listings) will focus on a reporter&#8217;s trip to Haiti and his attempt to purchase a child slave. That&#8217;s when the man with whom I&#8217;ve arranged a meeting shows up. He says he&#8217;s a former member of parliament and that he has connections. [...]]]></description>
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