Haiti

Haitian President Réne Préval Makes International Plea

Haitians make their way in a flooded road on the border between Haiti and Dominican Republic, in the zone know as Malpasse, October 16, 2008. The Security Council extended the mandate of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti for a further year on Tuesday and also called for a donor conference to aid the hurricane-ravaged nation. At least 800 people died when Haiti, where soaring food prices led to deadly riots earlier this year, was hit by four storms -- Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike -- over about a month. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz)

Roads are washed out, towns are covered in mud and school children still can't go to class after four successive hurricanes, Haitian President René Préval said Tuesday in an appeal for more local and international help for his storm-ravaged nation.

As Préval scrambles to rebuild infrastructure critical to getting Haiti back on track,he told The Miami Herald editorial board Tuesday that he has another key mission: finding a way to transport thousands of portable classrooms donated by local school districts.

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