Haiti confirmed victory Martelly

April 21, 2011 last updated at 17: 43 GMT Mr Martelly says he would like to close with the opposition popular Haitian singer Michel Martelly officially declared the next President of Haiti was.

Official results showed that Mr. Martelly won 67.6% of the vote in the runoff election on 20 March, against former first lady Mirlande Manigat.

After the results were made public Mr Martelly said, that he would seek in harmony with the opposition work marred by violent protests and allegations of fraud after an election.

He takes office 14 May.

Deadly protests

Only hours after he was declared the winner, tried Mr Martelly rally support through his Twitter account.

"Let's get our tools and clean up of the work of our country" he tweeted.

But despite Mr Martelly, there were calls for unity, several violent incidents in a number of Haitian cities.

A spokesman for the UN police, which patrols, much of Haiti said that fire was set on a government building protesters in Belladere in Central Haiti.

Protests took place also in Leogane, South of Port-au-Prince. At least one person is reported to have been killed that.

The protests followed the release by the Electoral Commission of some results of parliamentary elections, which were on the same day as the presidential run-off.

The results suggest that outgoing President René Préval ruling party INITE (Unity) remains the dominant force in the Haitian legislature, though it seems to have lost his parliamentary majority.

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Haiti reconstruction slow - Martelly

20 April 2011, last updated at 20: 50 GMT Hillary Clinton said that United States was behind Mr Martelly of Haitian President Michel Martelly is the "desperately slow" pace criticized the reconstruction of his country.

He was Mr Martelly US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on a visit to Washington, rely on them to ensure that effectively would use international assistance.

Mrs Clinton promised that the United States Haiti help "very".

More than 600,000 people live in camps after the last year's devastating earthquake in Haiti.

'Excited'

Mrs Clinton said, that many challenges remained 15 months after the earthquake killed more than 300,00 people and revitalizing Haiti would take leadership.

She said the United States inspires Presidency of Mr Martelly, was the official results by confirmed to be released later Wednesday should be.

"I am very encouraged by the campaign, Mr Martelly ran, his focus on the people and their needs, it is prepared, very clearly on what he hoped to achieve in their name," Mrs Clinton said.

Preliminary results reported at the end of the 3 April, that Mr Martelly more than two-thirds of the vote, secured against the former first lady, released Mirlande Manigat.

But a period of appeal means official final results until later Wednesday not due are.

Mr Martelly said he devote his would that the country's first six months in Office to fight the cholera epidemic, they sweep was still living in tent cities in permanent accommodation and increase agricultural production.

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Disaster Relief: Contrasting Haiti and Japan

An earthquake and tsunami struck Japan's northeastern Honshu island. credit: Corbis

Japan and Haiti are both islands that recently suffered massive earthquakes, though the disasters—and the responses to the devastation—have been very different.

In Japan, rescuers and relief workers who mobilized to treat thousands of badly injured victims soon discovered that their preparations were not needed. There were very few injured people to care for because most of those directly hit by the tsunami were killed outright.

According to New York Times writer Martin Fackler, "few of the survivors who crowded into schools and other makeshift shelters needed emergency medical attention. The Americans said they evacuated only a small number of injured."

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(A similar situation occurred in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center. In the days following, the Red Cross collected hundreds of thousands of blood donations to treat survivors, though it was soon clear that much of the blood was going to be wasted; only five people were pulled alive from the Twin Tower rubble.)

This is a direct consequence of another contrast between Haiti and Japan: While Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world, Japan is one of the richest. The government has billions of dollars at its disposal, not only to help its stricken citizens, but also to pay for earthquake-resistant buildings and bridges.

Wide Angle: Haiti Earthquake Disaster

Japan is perhaps the best-prepared country for such a disaster; in Haiti, the nature of the disaster was very different. Poorly-built structures across the island collapsed on people during the earthquake, leaving thousands of injured and maimed.

Of course just because Japan is rich does not mean that doesn't need help, for it surely does; any country, rich or poor, that has suffered such devastation should receive humanitarian aid—assuming they want it.

And this brings us to yet another difference: while Haiti immediately issued a plea for international assistance, the Japanese government and Red Cross made it clear from the first day that it does not need nor want assistance from other countries.

As of about a week ago, Japan had accepted aid from fewer than 20 of the over 100 countries that had offered it. Holden Karnofsky, a founder of GiveWell, a Web site that scrutinizes charities, told the New York Times, “The Japanese government has made it clear it has the resources it needs for this disaster.”

Eventually the outpouring of aid and good will broke down even the stoic Japanese; after nearly two weeks of pressure—and millions of dollars raised—the Japanese Red Cross eventually agreed to accept donations.

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