While the magnitude of the earthquake that hit Haiti was extreme, the worst in the region in 200 years, what heavily contributed to the devastation of the quake was the...
25-year-old Natalie was buried for seven days in Port au Prince amongst rubble from the Haitian earthquake. She survived after local and international Search and Rescue teams worked for 12...
The earthquake in Haiti was catastrophic for all Haitians, and the United Nations suffered, too. The headquarters of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) was destroyed, burying hundreds...
In the late afternoon of January 12th, 2010, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the small the Caribbean nation of Haiti, killing an estimated 300,000 people, and affecting one third of the...
(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: March 8, 2010) Violence between Christians and Muslims has broken out again in Nigeria, and up to 500 people are believed to have been killed...
(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: March 4, 2010) Three days before Iraq's main parliamentary election day, violent attacks targeted early voters at Baghdad's polling stations. Chilean president Michelle Bachelet...
(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: March 2, 2010) Troops have been called in to secure Chile's quake zone, while coastal communities have been flooded by waves caused by the quake...
(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: February 28, 2010) Chilean president Michelle Bachelet has declared a "state of catastrophe" in central Chile following Saturday's magnitude-8.8 earthquake. The earthquake has killed at...
(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: February 24, 2010) The list of suspects wanted for questioning has grown in the Dubai murder case of Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. Thousands of public...
(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: February 19, 2010) Leaders of the military coup in Niger have promised elections and a return to democracy, but the takeover has been widely condemned...
Comparing Haiti to Rwanda and Indonesia, former U.S. president Bill Clinton expresses his belief that Haiti will recover from 2010's tragic earthquake. Clinton explains his hope that the disaster may...
(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: February 12, 2010) The ceasefire in Yemen is already under threat, just a day after rebel fighters and government forces agreed to a truce. Israel...
The fifteen hundred year old Aya Irini Monument sits crumbling and cracked on the grounds of the Sultan's palace Top Kapi in Turkey. This is one of the vulnerable ancient...
(Global Pulse: January 29, 2010) Despite the epic nature of the disaster in Haiti, this overview of worldwide news coverage of the earthquake reveals that media still found time to...
(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: January 26, 2010) North Korea has reportedly fired artillery shots off its sea border with South Korea, drawing South Korean return fire. Aftershocks further rattled...