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Haiti's prime minister says his deeply poor country is aiming to attract high-end tourists and multinational investors — instead of constant handouts — to get on its feet after the devastating 2010 earthquake.

Hope here is measured in bags of cement. Progress is a city park without a tent. The future is a bus that takes children to school without charge. Its destination above the driver's window reads: “Dignity."

Charismatic pop star-turned-president Michel Martelly takes over Haiti on Saturday promising to rebuild its earthquake-devastated capital, develop the long-neglected countryside and build a modern army.

Haitians will choose between a former first lady and a popular musician Sunday in a pivotal presidential runoff vote for a nation still recovering from a devastating earthquake and political turmoil.

News of the earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan has been widespread, but donations have lagged way, way behind.

One year after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, aid worker Ian Rodgers recounts his experiences and those of many Haitians as the country has struggled to get back on its feet.

Top 10 stories of 2010: WikiLeaks, Afghanistan war, EU financial crisis, Haiti earthquake, World Cup, North Korea.

A tropical storm has regained hurricane strength as it powers towards Haiti, threatening earthquake survivors.

Haiti's government and its aid partners fought on Friday to contain a cholera epidemic that has killed at least 138 people in the nation's worst medical emergency since the January 12 earthquake.

From the dusty rock mounds lining the streets to a National Palace that looks like it's vomiting concrete from its core, rubble is one of the ...