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Facebook page leads search for loved ones in Haiti (AP)
AP - The desperate quest to find loved ones started just minutes after the earthquake, as cell phones rang unanswered from beneath the rubble of Haiti's best hotel.
Retired Florida teacher rebuilds school in Haiti (AP)
AP - When two men barged into Sherrie Fausey's school a few months after the quake and demanded all the food in the pantry, she calmly said no.
Earthquake in SW China injures 14; damages homes (AP)
AP - Chinese authorities and state media say a moderate earthquake has struck southwestern China, injuring 14 people and damaging hundreds of houses. No deaths have been reported.
Chile, divided by quake, unites around miners (AP)
AP - Just six months ago, one of the largest earthquakes in a century tore Chile apart, physically ripping the ground, triggering a deadly tsunami and leaving in the wreckage a divided society and government trying to decide whom to blame.
Moderate quake kills 3 in Iran's remote northeast (AP)
AP - Iranian state TV is reporting that three people died in the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that shook the country's remote northeast overnight. Forty others were injured.
Three killed, 40 injured in Iran quake: TV (AFP)
AFP - Three people, including two children, have been killed and 40 others injured in an earthquake which struck Iran's biggest desert, Dasht-e Kavir, state television reported on Saturday.
Quake in northern Iran kills three, injures dozens (Reuters)
Reuters - At least three people were killed and dozens injured by an earthquake that jolted northern Iran, state radio reported on Saturday.
Tepid response from US public to Pakistan floods (AP)
AP - Americans are giving a paltry amount for relief efforts in flood-stricken Pakistan compared to other overseas disasters. They were more than 40 times more generous for the Haiti earthquake.
Summary Box: PepsiCo plans Quaker push (AP)
AP - THE PUSH: PepsiCo hopes to revive its Quaker division with new cereals with whole grains and less sugar, a reformulation of its instant oatmeal to make it less mushy.
PepsiCo hopes to revive Quaker with new products (AP)
AP - PepsiCo Inc. is hoping to revive its Quaker division with new types of cereal, a reformulation of its instant oatmeal and a new marketing campaign.
Wyclef Jean keeps supporters hopeful in his run for Haiti president (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean says he will not step out of the presidential race in Haiti, after an electoral commission excluded him from a final candidate list late Friday night. And in doing so, he is appealing to young men like Rockson Elian, unemployed since his business was destroyed in the Jan. 12 earthquake.
Strong quake rattles Greece, but no damage (Reuters)
Reuters - An earthquake struck western Greece on Sunday, but no injuries or damage were reported.
Haiti ruling ends Wyclef Jean's run for president (AP)
AP - In the span of a few weeks, hip-hop star Wyclef Jean turned the world's attention to a little-known political race in a small, impoverished Caribbean country — with little campaigning, no TV ads and zero debates.
L.A. 'Big One' could come sooner than expected: study (AFP)
AFP - Strong earthquakes along the San Andreas fault in southern California are more frequent than previously thought, so the dreaded "Big One" could be just around the corner, US researchers said in a study.
US missionary defends actions in Haiti ordeal (AP)
AP - The leader of an American group detained while trying to take 33 children out of Haiti after the January earthquake defended her actions upon her release, saying she was "wrongly accused and held without just cause."
Awaiting word on run, Wyclef vows to rebuild Haiti (AFP)
AFP - Haiti waited Friday to learn who will be allowed to run for president, with star aspirant Wyclef Jean wasting no time unveiling a plan to tap the diaspora to rebuild the earthquake-battered nation.
Big San Andreas Quakes More Frequent than Thought (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Earthquakes strike along California's San Andreas Fault more often than scientists previously thought, a new study suggests.
Strong earthquake hits Papua New Guinea: USGS (AFP)
AFP - A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea on Saturday, seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued.
Haiti and Wyclef Jean await election candidates list (Reuters)
Reuters - Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean's bid to run for Haiti's presidency hung in the balance on Friday as the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean country waited for its electoral authority to publish the final list of approved candidates.
Wyclef not on Haiti candidates list: electoral source (Reuters)
Reuters - Haiti hip-hop star Wyclef Jean is not on the list of approved candidates who satisfy legal requirements to run in a November 28 presidential election, a member of the provisional electoral council said on Thursday.

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