Bill Clinton, U.N. chief put focus on Haiti


March 10, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Bill Clinton and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon sought to refocus international attention on Haiti on Monday with a visit they hope will lure more aid to keep the impoverished country from sliding back into chaos.

The former U.S. president and the U.N. chief toured Haiti’s run-down capital and met with officials struggling with high food prices and the enduring effects of four devastating 2008 storms. The leaders called for more foreign aid and urged Haiti’s weak central government to take charge of its own development.

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