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Hope For Haiti

In this May 17, 2012 photo, youths play with soccer balls in a field that is part of the L'Athletique D'Haiti sports program at the northeastern edge of Cite Soleil, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Investors plan soccer stadium for Haiti

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A local sports hero, a New York real estate developer and a well-known architect are teaming up to build a soccer stadium in Haiti's notorious Cite Soleil, hoping to revive the seaside shantytown known throughout the hemisphere for its extreme poverty and gang battles...
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Wyclef Jean gets shut out of George Clooney's telethon money

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Yele Haiti, Wyclef Jean's troubled charity, will get just $1 million, or 2.8%, of the more than $35 million raised so far by the Hope for Haiti Telethon that Jean co-hosted...
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'Hope for Haiti Now' is No. 1 on Billboard chart

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NEW YORK (AP) - Nielsen SoundScan said Wednesday that the compilation CD of performances from last week's charity telethon sold 171,000 units over the weekend...
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'Hope for Haiti Now' benefit expected to top album chart

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The set, featuring performances culled from last Friday's massive "Hope For Haiti Now" telethon, only reached digital distributors over the weekend, making its sales number all the more impressive...
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'Hope for Haiti' raises $58 million and counting

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Additionally, the "Hope for Haiti Now" album, a compilation of the night's musical performances made available on Apple's iTunes, was the No. 1 album in 18 countries...
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Rihanna to perform 'Stranded' on Haiti telethon

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OSLO (AP) -- Rihanna says she will perform a new song called "Stranded" with rapper Jay-Z and U2's The Edge and Bono at Friday's "Hope for Haiti" telethon in London...
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Hope for Haiti pilot prepares to deliver relief

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VIDEO - He's been there before, but this time it will be different. These are a few of the thousands of Haitian children who rely on the Naples based non-profit Hope for Haiti...
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