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“'This isn’t real,'" Arbuthnott recalls thinking. "'I was just in the country. Haiti? What do you mean Haiti?'”
The cataclysmic earthquake that hit Port-au-Prince at 4:53 p.m. on Jan. 12 unleashed devastation in a country that was already among the poorest in the hemisphere. It came without warning, Arbuthnott said.
For the strategy to work, the President, his aides and Democratic candidates such as Coakley will have to accomplish two difficult tasks. First, they must convince voters that their outrage over the state of the country ought to be directed against Republicans rather than against the party that has controlled...
The new year got off to a good start for Hollywood in Bollywoodland. As expected, the global success of James Cameron's Avatar is also playing out in India: it's slated to become the biggest Hollywood grosser of all time in the country. The 3-D extravaganza, also released...
Colom says his vindication will enable him to restart stalled initiatives, like a tax-reform package and fighting violent crime. "The issue of security is one of the most important reforms for my government," he says. "It's the issue that affects Guatemalans more than any other." Indeed, the country...