Storm, cholera tolls rise, but Haiti vote still on
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – The death tolls in Haiti from Hurricane Tomas and a raging cholera epidemic have risen, but a top U.N. official said on Monday there were “no objective reasons” why elections should not be held later this month in the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean country. A Haitian woman carrying things to sell walks on a street flooded by a drain in the neighbourhood of Cite-Soleil in Port-au-Prince November 6, 2010. (REUTERS/ Eduardo Munoz) Tomas swiped Haiti on Friday, bringing rain and flooding but largely sparing crowded tent and tarpaulin camps in the capital Port au-Prince housing hundreds of thousands of homeless survivors of the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. At least 20…
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