US President Barack Obama will give his Nobel Peace Prize award money to 10 charities, including groups working on Haiti relief and supporting military families, the White House said Thursday.
The first kidnappings of aid workers in Haiti jolted the thousands-strong foreign relief operation in the quake-torn nation Thursday, adding to the staggering challenges it faces two months after the country's deadly disaster.
Two European women aid workers were kidnapped in Haiti last week but freed on Thursday, their organization, Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) told AFP.
Two foreign aid workers with Doctors Without Borders in quake-hit Haiti were kidnapped and held for nearly a week before being freed early on Thursday, the international medical charity said.
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Two European aid workers with Doctors Without Borders in quake-hit Haiti were kidnapped and held for nearly a week before being freed early on Thursday, the international medical charity said.
A remixed version of K'naan's anthem Wavin' Flag that will be available for download Thursday at midnight pulls together 57 Canadian artists in a fundraiser for Haiti.
