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Evicting Haiti’s Homeless: How Land Tenure Hampers Recovery (Time.com)

September 25th, 2010

Time.com - Venality and inefficiency combine to create massive obstacles to building shelter for hundreds of thousands of displaced people

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Weeks of rains leave thousands homeless in Mexico (AP)

September 8th, 2010

People use make-shift boats to cross a flooded avenue in Villahermosa in Mexico's Tabasco state, Tuesday Sept. 7, 2010.  Weeks of torrential rains have unleashed flooding in huge swaths of southern Mexico, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes. (AP Photo/America Rocio)AP - Tens of thousands of people have abandoned their homes across southern Mexico to escape flooding from weeks of torrential rains, and forecasts are predicting even more rainfall.


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Medals for Haiti recovery, little for homeless (AP)

July 13th, 2010

Former U.S. President and U.N. special envoy for Haiti, Bill Clinton, center, greets workers in charge of the reconstruction during a memorial ceremony for the six-month anniversary of the Jan. 12 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Monday, July12, 2010.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Haiti’s president handed out medals to celebrities, aid-group directors and politicians for post-earthquake work Monday in a ceremony designed to beat back criticism of an uneven recovery that…