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Several hundred protesters clashed with riot police in Haiti's capital on Monday to demand that outgoing President Rene Preval leave office immediately as the country. Jon Decker reports

Haitian President Rene Preval will stay in office for three more months as his country chooses a successor in a delayed election. Police responded as protesters expressed their unhappiness with the announcement. (Feb. 7)

By Jean H Charles

Haiti President René Préval has been quietly laying the foundation for his quake-wrecked nation's rebuilding, transforming Fort National, a densely populated slum, into ground zero of Haiti's recovery efforts.

By Jonathan M. Katz (CP PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A key U.S. senator sharply criticized Haiti's president Thursday, portraying him as an ineffectual leader who is hindering recovery from January's devastating earthquake. Sen. Richard Lugar, the senior Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, advised U.S. legislators to reconsider sending money to Haiti if reforms are not made.

By JONATHAN M. KATZ (AP) PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Opposition groups are threatening to disrupt Haiti's upcoming legislative contests over allegations that election officials are stacking the deck in favor of President Rene Preval's party in a bid to boost executive power.

President Rene Preval and Elisabeth Debrosse Delatour married in a private ceremony at her house above Port-au-Prince on Sunday morning. The first lady is Preval's economic adviser. She previously worked for an electrical utility and a road contractor, and is the widow of former central bank chief Leslie Delatour.

By Jonathan M. Katz, Associated Press

As the end of the hurricane season nears, it appears Haiti may avoid getting hit by a natural disaster this year. Not so for man-made disasters, however.