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NEW YORK, USA (defend.ht/NY Post) - Customs officers at JFK International Airport busted a drug smuggler traveling from Haiti who packed cocaine inside sticks of deodorant, ink markers and hundreds of buttons.

Pierre Garçon Signs with Washington Redskins

WASHINGTON, D.C. (defend.ht) - Pierre Garçon was signed by the National Football League's Washington Redskins earlier this month as his former team, the Indianapolis Colts have taken to completely overhaul the ball club.

Haiti PM Says New Laws for Mining Industry are Being Drafted

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe is hoping to get legislation passed for new mining laws in Haiti that should help the country reap more of the benefits from its minerals.

Martelly Wants an Emergency Law

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Giving himself a 9 out of 10 for his first year as president, Michel Martelly believes he would have done better if he had enjoyed emergency legislation, which his new executive team is working to get passed in parliament.

Three Former Senators Get Jobs as Presidential Advisers

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - President Michel Martelly announced that three of the ten former Senators who have just left Parliament voting in favor for the establishment of the Martelly-Lamothe government, Joseph Lambert, Youri Latortue and Michel Clérié have taken jobs as his political advisers.

Laurent Lamothe is Officially the New Prime Minister of Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The lower house approved on Monday, through a power outage, the policy declaration of the new Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe.