Ex-Haiti official gets U.S. prison for telecom bribery
MIAMI (Reuters) - A former senior telecommunications official in Haiti was sentenced to nine years in prison on Monday for accepting about $500,000 in bribes from two U.S. companies that secured lucrative long-distance phone contracts in the Caribbean nation. Full story
Former soldiers and allies detained in Haiti
Port-au-Prince (Reuters) - Haitian authorities on Sunday announced the arrest of 59 uniformed former soldiers and several alleged supporters who staged a series of protests on Friday and Saturday calling for the return of the nation's disbanded army. Full story
Entertainment: Sean Penn blasts 'whole #&*!ing world' for abandoning Haiti
Sean Penn isn't a fan of slacktivists. On Friday in Cannes, the actor-activist slammed the media for abandoning Haiti after the devastating earthquake in January 2010."It's not only celebrities who went for a day," Penn told reporters, as excerpted by TheWrap.com. "It's … Full story
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