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Whatever Happened to Hope for Haiti?
On January 10, a massive 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti. Six months later, relief efforts are moving very slowly. Has Haiti's government been an obstacle in the flow of aid? Why are donors taking so long to actually provide the funds they promised? How are people on the ground being helped? Also, BP delays testing a new containment cap and drilling a relief well, and the strange tale of the Iranian nuclear scientist who either was – or wasn't – abducted by the CIA. Sara Terry sits in for vacationing Warren Olney.
By Sara Terry • • 1h 0m ListenOn January 10, a massive 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti. Six months later, relief efforts are moving very slowly. Has Haiti's government been an obstacle in the flow of aid? Why are donors taking so long to actually provide the funds they promised? How are people on the ground being helped and what do they need? Also, BP delays testing a new containment cap and drilling a relief well, and it just gets curiouser and curiouser – the case of Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri, who says he was kidnapped by the CIA. Sara Terry sits in for vacationing Warren Olney.
Banner image: Haitians demonstrate in front of an earthquake destroyed house July 13, 2010, to demand the resignation of President Rene Preval and the CEP (Conseil Electoral Provisoire) in Port-au-Prince. Photo: Thony Belizaire/AFP/Getty Images
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3 storiesBP Delays Testing New Cap and Drilling Relief Well
BP has announced that a critical pressure test on the leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico has been postponed , as scientists review the test procedures. Tom Fowler, who reports on energy and business for the Houston Chronicle , has an update.
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It's been six months since a devastating magnitude-7.0 earthquake hit Haiti, killing as many as 230,000 people and leaving more than a million homeless. Governments, aid agencies and individuals all responded swiftly to the disaster, pledging more than $5 billion in aid, but only two percent of that money has actually reached Haiti.
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Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri is on his way home to the United States, ending a long, strange intelligence drama. The US says he defected , but Amiri says the CIA abducted him and the Iranian government says they can prove it. Amiri has changed his story a few days, but now appears to be sticking with abduction.
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