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Haitians Living In The US illegally Can Stay

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration said Friday it will allow Haitians who were already in the U.S. illegally to remain for the time being because of their country's catastrophic earthquake. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano granted the temporary protected status on Friday, two days after she temporarily halted deportations of Haitians, even those already in detention.

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More Liberia Govt Officials Remain Defiant In Declaring Their Assets

House Speaker Alex Tyler: Says No To Declaring His Assets Chief Justice Johnny Lewis Says No To Declaring His Assets

Information released by the Liberian Anti Corruption Commission (LACC) indicates that more government officials have failed to declare their assets than those that have complied. Up to Tuesday, January 12, 2009, only 150 government officials including President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Vice President Joseph Nyumah Boakai had declared their assets, income and liabilities, according to data released by the anti-graft commission.

Proposed Changes to Liberian Forest Laws Not Good For Liberia

Says Global Witness

Changes to Liberia's forestry law proposed by the Liberian Timber Association (1) would dramatically reduce revenue for the state and are not in the best interests of the country. Global Witness has received a list of amendments that Liberian logging companies would like to see made to the country's forestry law. Among them are proposals to cut their rate of tax and a proposal to reinstate concessions that were cancelled following the civil war.

Former Liberian Ruler Gave "Blood Diamonds" To British Super Model Naomi Campbell

War Crimes Prosecutor Reveals

British supermodel NAOMI CAMPBELL has been caught up in the war crimes trial of Liberia'former president - the disgraced ex-leader has been accused of gifting the catwalk beauty with a 'blood diamond'. Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor is currently on trial at The Hague, in the Netherlands, over allegations he backed rebel fighters responsible for widespread atrocities during the war in

Experts: Urgent Need For Fresh Water Hits West Africa -- ECOWAS Calls For Actions

45% Of Liberian Children Malnurished

With 45 percent of Liberian children under age five chronically or acutely malnourished, experts say nutrition is a burning health problem, but NGOs feel the Ministry of Health is not as worried as it should be, and lacks the capacity to provide leadership in bringing about solutions. According to the Ministry of Health's 2009 national nutrition policy 44 percent of child deaths are associated with malnutrition. Chronic malnutrition – also known as stunting – affects 39 percent of under-fives, and 6.2 percent are acutely malnourished or "wasted".

LIBERIA: Reclaiming Rice From Rats And Rot

GBARNGA, 14 January 2010 (IRIN) - Every year Liberian farmers lose 60 percent of their harvest to birds and vermin or poor storage conditions, contributing to country-wide food insecurity, say UN officials, who are calling on donors to put more funding into pest management and storage. The Ministry of Agriculture estimates 52,000 tons of rice out of 144,000 produced in 2007 was lost, while 44,027 tons of a 155,293 ton harvest was lost in 2008.

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