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- November 5: Hurricane Tomas reached westernmost tip of Haiti, causing torrential rains and tropical storm force winds, killing at least seven people.
- October 23: An outbreak of cholera has occurred in the Saint-Marc region, killing at least 442 people and hospitalizing thousands more.
- August 10: Haiti has created an independent commission to investigate the slayings of the eight journalists killed in Haiti since 2000
(International Herald Tribune)
- August 2: The talks between UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Haitian President René Préval in Port-au-Prince appear to have been dominated by discussion of the continued presence of the UN peace keeping force there. (BBC NEWS)
- April 1: A Port-au-Prince man claims his son was killed by United Nations peacekeepers in crossfire in a battle to rid the slums of gangs.(GUARDIAN)).
- March 18: Haitian President René Préval, travels to Cuba for routine medical tests, according to his official spokesman. Preval was first diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2001, further testing in Havana showed he was cancer-free. (PRAVDA)).
- March 6: Haitians living abroad sent more than $1.65 billion to their homeland in 2006, according to estimates released by the Inter-American Development Bank. (CARIBBEAN PRESS RELEASES)
