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U.N. Haiti Mission Should Acknowledge Waste Dumping And Apologize For Cholera Outbreak
Yves Engler, a Canadian writer and author, writes in a post on the Guardian's "Comment Is Free" blog that local citizens and investigative journalists have alleged that the U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti (Minustah) dumped feces and other waste in holes a few feet from water used for drinking and bathing in the central plateau city of Hinche on August 6 and again 10 miles from Hinche on August 21, as well as cites a report (.pdf) stating that sewage disposal at the U.N. base near Mirebalais 10 months ago caused a devastating cholera outbreak.
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