Wyclef's Failed Haiti Bid Takes Its Toll On Star
28 September 2010 12:32
...UK, Tuesday September 28, 2010 Hannah Stott, Sky News Online Hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean has been admitted to hospital with exhaustion a week after his campaign to become Haiti's leader ended in failure. Wyclef plans to 'take it easy' before releasing his next...
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Who Is the Most Generous Celebrity?
9 December 2010 10:02
...in the face of tragedy. You've mostly heard bad news about Tiger Woods this year, but the golfer donated $3 million to Wyclef Jean's Haiti charity. Sandra Bullock also pitched in, putting $1 million of her hard-earned money toward the crisis. But the queen...
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American Airlines cancels all flights to Haiti amid unrest
8 December 2010 05:23
...in several Haitian cities after the initial results of a disputed election were announced. Haitian hip-hop star Wyclef Jean, who was barred from running for president earlier this year, tweeted Tuesday, "The CEP (electoral commission) has given the Results...
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Wyclef Jean bounces back from unsuccessful run for president of Haiti
27 November 2010 06:07
...Jean didn't let his unsuccessful run for president of Haiti get him down this Thanksgiving. The singer and producer booked four tables at STK Miami for his crew on Wednesday night. After a hearty meal, Jean learned that most of STK's kitchen staff were Haitian,...
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Wyclef Jean Picture Gallery
29 November 2010 02:08
Presidental canadates Wyclef Jean (3L) sits next to Michael Joseph Martelly (C) meet with their supporters in the upscale Port-au-Prince suburb of Petion-Ville on November 28, 2010. Haiti's first post-quake elections descended into chaos on Sunday as 12 of the 18 presidential candidates accused the ruling party of fraud and called for the pivotal national polls to be scrapped. In the grip of a cholera epidemic that has claimed 1,650 lives, Haitians are choosing a successor to President Rene Preval, searching for someone to lead a nation shattered by a January earthquake that killed 250,000 people.
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Presidental canadates Wyclef Jean (3L) sits next to Michael Joseph Martelly (C) meet with their supporters in the upscale Port-au-Prince suburb of Petion-Ville on November 28, 2010. Haiti's first post-quake elections descended into chaos on Sunday as 12 of the 18 presidential candidates accused the ruling party of fraud and called for the pivotal national polls to be scrapped. In the grip of a cholera epidemic that has claimed 1,650 lives, Haitians are choosing a successor to President Rene Preval, searching for someone to lead a nation shattered by a January earthquake that killed 250,000 people.
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Presidental candidate Wyclef Jean (3L) sits next to Michael Joseph Martelly (C) meet with their supporters in the upscale Port-au-Prince suburb of Petion-Ville on November 28, 2010. Haiti's first post-quake elections descended into chaos on Sunday as 12 of the 18 presidential candidates accused the ruling party of fraud and called for the pivotal national polls to be scrapped. In the grip of a cholera epidemic that has claimed 1,650 lives, Haitians are choosing a successor to President Rene Preval, searching for someone to lead a nation shattered by a January earthquake that killed 250,000 people.
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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: President of Haiti Rene Preval (L) speaks as musician Wyclef Jean (R) looks on before the panel session 'The Recovery in Haiti' during the annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) on September 23, 2010 in New York City. The sixth annual meeting of the CGI gathers prominent individuals in politics, business, science, academics, religion and entertainment to discuss global issues such as climate change and the reconstruction of Haiti. The event, founded by Clinton after he left office, is held the same week as the General Assembly at the United Nations, when most world leaders are in New York City.
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 10: (L-R) Executive Director American Society for Muslim Advancement Daisy Kahn, Political Strategist Joe Trippi, Vice President Google Marissa Mayer, musician and activist Wyclef Jean, author Meghan McCain and Managing editor for Time Richard Stengel attend the TIME's 2010 Person of the Year Panel at Time & Life Building on November 10, 2010 in New York, New York.
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 10: (L-R) Executive Director American Society for Muslim Advancement Daisy Kahn, Political Strategist Joe Trippi, Vice President Google Marissa Mayer, musician and activist Wyclef Jean and author Meghan McCain attend the TIME's 2010 Person of the Year Panel at Time & Life Building on November 10, 2010 in New York, New York.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - NOVEMBER 28: (L-R) Singer Wyclef Jean and Haitian presidential candidates Michel Martelly and Charles Henry Baker ride on top of a truck during an impromptu election protest on November 28, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Following widespread allegations of fraud, 12 of the 19 candidates asked that the results be canceled.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - NOVEMBER 28: Singer Wyclef Jean and Haitian presidential candidate Michel Martelly (C) ride on top of a truck during an impromptu election protest on November 28, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Following widespread allegations of fraud, 12 of the 19 candidates asked that the results be canceled.
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Presidental canadates Michael Joseph Martelly (C-standing) cheers along with Wyclef Jean (not pictured) to their supporters in the upscale Port-au-Prince suburb of Petion-Ville on November 28, 2010. Haiti's first post-quake elections descended into chaos on Sunday as 12 of the 18 presidential candidates accused the ruling party of fraud and called for the pivotal national polls to be scrapped. In the grip of a cholera epidemic that has claimed 1,650 lives, Haitians are choosing a successor to President Rene Preval, searching for someone to lead a nation shattered by a January earthquake that killed 250,000 people.
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(L-R) President of Haiti Rene Preval, musician Wyclef Jean and former US President Bill Clinton attend the annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) September 23, 2010 in New York. The sixth annual meeting of the CGI gathers prominent individuals in politics, business, science, academics, religion and entertainment to discuss global issues such as climate change and the reconstruction of Haiti.
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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: President of Haiti Rene Preval (L), speaks while musician Wyclef Jean shakes the hand of former U.S. President Bill Clinton before the panel session 'The Recovery in Haiti' during the annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) on September 23, 2010 in New York City. The sixth annual meeting of the CGI gathers prominent individuals in politics, business, science, academics, religion and entertainment to discuss global issues such as climate change and the reconstruction of Haiti. The event, founded by Clinton after he left office, is held the same week as the General Assembly at the United Nations, when most world leaders are in New York City.
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 10: (L-R) Managing editor for Time Richard Stengel, Executive Director American Society for Muslim Advancement Daisy Kahn, Political Strategist Joe Trippi, Vice President Google Marissa Mayer, musician and activist Wyclef Jean and author Meghan McCain attend the TIME's 2010 Person of the Year Panel at Time & Life Building on November 10, 2010 in New York, New York.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - NOVEMBER 28: Singer Wyclef Jean and Haitian presidential candidate Michel Martelly (C) ride on top of a truck during an impromptu election protest on November 28, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Following widespread allegations of fraud, 12 of the 19 candidates asked that the results be canceled.
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Haiti President Rene Preval and musician Wyclef Jean during the annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) September 23, 2010 in New York . The sixth annual meeting of the CGI gathers prominent individuals in politics, business, science, academics, religion and entertainment to discuss global issues such as climate change and the reconstruction of Haiti.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - NOVEMBER 28: (L-R) Singer Wyclef Jean and Haitian presidential candidates Michel Martelly and Charles Henry Baker ride on top of a truck during an impromptu election protest on November 28, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Following widespread allegations of fraud, 12 of the 19 candidates asked that the results be canceled.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - NOVEMBER 28: Police officers give a thumbs up as singer Wyclef Jean and Haitian presidential candidate Michel Martelly pass by on top of a truck during an impromptu election protest on November 28, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Following widespread allegations of fraud, 12 of the 19 candidates asked that the results be canceled.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - NOVEMBER 28: Singer Wyclef Jean and Haitian presidential candidate Michel Martelly (C) ride on top of a truck during an impromptu election protest on November 28, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Following widespread allegations of fraud, 12 of the 19 candidates asked that the results be canceled.
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 10: (L-R) Executive Director American Society for Muslim Advancement Daisy Kahn, Political Strategist Joe Trippi, Vice President Google Marissa Mayer, musician and activist Wyclef Jean, author Meghan McCain and Managing editor for Time Richard Stengel attend the TIME's 2010 Person of the Year Panel at Time & Life Building on November 10, 2010 in New York, New York.
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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: President of Haiti Rene Preval (L) speaks as musician Wyclef Jean (R) looks on before the panel session 'The Recovery in Haiti' during the annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) on September 23, 2010 in New York City. The sixth annual meeting of the CGI gathers prominent individuals in politics, business, science, academics, religion and entertainment to discuss global issues such as climate change and the reconstruction of Haiti. The event, founded by Clinton after he left office, is held the same week as the General Assembly at the United Nations, when most world leaders are in New York City.
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 10: (L-R) Managing editor for Time Richard Stengel, Executive Director American Society for Muslim Advancement Daisy Kahn, Political Strategist Joe Trippi, Vice President Google Marissa Mayer, musician and activist Wyclef Jean and author Meghan McCain attend the TIME's 2010 Person of the Year Panel at Time & Life Building on November 10, 2010 in New York, New York.
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 10: (L-R) Managing editor for Time Richard Stengel, Executive Director American Society for Muslim Advancement Daisy Kahn, Political Strategist Joe Trippi, Vice President Google Marissa Mayer, musician and activist Wyclef Jean and author Meghan McCain attend the TIME's 2010 Person of the Year Panel at Time & Life Building on November 10, 2010 in New York, New York.
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 10: (L-R) Executive Director American Society for Muslim Advancement Daisy Kahn, Political Strategist Joe Trippi, Vice President Google Marissa Mayer, musician and activist Wyclef Jean, author Meghan McCain and Managing editor for Time Richard Stengel attend the TIME's 2010 Person of the Year Panel at Time & Life Building on November 10, 2010 in New York, New York.
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 10: (L-R) Executive Director American Society for Muslim Advancement Daisy Kahn, Political Strategist Joe Trippi, Vice President Google Marissa Mayer, musician and activist Wyclef Jean, author Meghan McCain and Managing editor for Time Richard Stengel attend the TIME's 2010 Person of the Year Panel at Time & Life Building on November 10, 2010 in New York, New York.
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Haiti's six leading presidential candidates in a field of 18 contenders are pictured recently on campaign posters in Port-au-Prince, ahead of the the country's November 28, 2010 elections to choose a successor to President Rene Preval. From top left are: Jacques Edouard Alexis, 63, an outsider within the ruling government, a former minister and prime minister under Preval, as the president's son-in-law is seen as more appealing to younger voters; Mirlande Manigat, 70, a favorite among woman voters and backed by a coalition of lawmakers opposed to Preval; Jude Celestin, 48, is Preval's protege, and the outgoing leader's pick for his position. From bottom left are: Joseph Michel Martelly, 49, leads polls among younger voters and is the only viable pop culture figure up for the vote, after ex-Fugees hitmaker Wyclef Jean was denied entry in the race earlier this year; Charles-Henri Baker, 55, stands out as the white man in the race, running as the 'only candidate who is truly anti-Preval, Baker heads the Respect party, and is a former businessman and head of the country's largest tobacco plantation; Jean Henry Ceant, 55, a lawyer without political experience, running under the banner 'Love Haiti,' calling for Haitians to unite to confront the country's myriad problems.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - NOVEMBER 28: (L-R) Singer Wyclef Jean and Haitian presidential candidates Michel Martelly and Charles Henry Baker ride on top of a truck during an impromptu election protest on November 28, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Following widespread allegations of fraud, 12 of the 19 candidates asked that the results be canceled.
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Haitian President Rene Preval (L) and musician Wyclef Jean attend the annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) September 23, 2010 in New York . The sixth annual meeting of the CGI gathers prominent individuals in politics, business, science, academics, religion and entertainment to discuss global issues such as climate change and the reconstruction of Haiti.
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Haiti's six leading presidential candidates in a field of 18 contenders are pictured recently on campaign posters in Port-au-Prince, ahead of the the country's November 28, 2010 elections to choose a successor to President Rene Preval. From top left are: Jacques Edouard Alexis, 63, an outsider within the ruling government, a former minister and prime minister under Preval, as the president's son-in-law is seen as more appealing to younger voters; Mirlande Manigat, 70, a favorite among woman voters and backed by a coalition of lawmakers opposed to Preval; Jude Celestin, 48, is Preval's protege, and the outgoing leader's pick for his position. From bottom left are: Joseph Michel Martelly, 49, leads polls among younger voters and is the only viable pop culture figure up for the vote, after ex-Fugees hitmaker Wyclef Jean was denied entry in the race earlier this year; Charles-Henri Baker, 55, stands out as the white man in the race, running as the 'only candidate who is truly anti-Preval, Baker heads the Respect party, and is a former businessman and head of the country's largest tobacco plantation; Jean Henry Ceant, 55, a lawyer without political experience, running under the banner 'Love Haiti,' calling for Haitians to unite to confront the country's myriad problems.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - NOVEMBER 28: (L-R) Singer Wyclef Jean and Haitian presidential candidates Michel Martelly and Charles Henry Baker ride on top of a truck during an impromptu election protest on November 28, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Following widespread allegations of fraud, 12 of the 19 candidates asked that the results be canceled.
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Presidental candidate Michael Joseph Martelly (C-standing) cheers along with Wyclef Jean (not pictured) to their supporters in the upscale Port-au-Prince suburb of Petion-Ville on November 28, 2010. Haiti's first post-quake elections descended into chaos on Sunday as 12 of the 18 presidential candidates accused the ruling party of fraud and called for the pivotal national polls to be scrapped. In the grip of a cholera epidemic that has claimed 1,650 lives, Haitians are choosing a successor to President Rene Preval, searching for someone to lead a nation shattered by a January earthquake that killed 250,000 people.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - NOVEMBER 28: People watch as singer Wyclef Jean and Haitian presidential candidate Michel Martelly pass by on top of a truck during an impromptu election protest on November 28, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Following widespread allegations of fraud, 12 of the 19 candidates asked that the results be canceled.
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 10: (L-R) Vice President Google Marissa Mayer, musician and activist Wyclef Jean and author Meghan McCain attend the TIME's 2010 Person of the Year Panel at Time & Life Building on November 10, 2010 in New York, New York.
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 10: Vice President Google Marissa Mayer and musician and activist Wyclef Jean attend the TIME's 2010 Person of the Year Panel at Time & Life Building on November 10, 2010 in New York, New York.
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 10: Vice President Google Marissa Mayer and musician and activist Wyclef Jean attend the TIME's 2010 Person of the Year Panel at Time & Life Building on November 10, 2010 in New York, New York.
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 10: Musician and activist Wyclef Jean (L) and author Meghan McCain attend the TIME's 2010 Person of the Year Panel at Time & Life Building on November 10, 2010 in New York, New York.
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 10: Musician and activist Wyclef Jean attends the TIME's 2010 Person of the Year Panel at Time & Life Building on November 10, 2010 in New York, New York.
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 10: Musician and activist Wyclef Jean attends the TIME's 2010 Person of the Year Panel at Time & Life Building on November 10, 2010 in New York, New York.
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 10: Musician and activist Wyclef Jean attends the TIME's 2010 Person of the Year Panel at Time & Life Building on November 10, 2010 in New York, New York.
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NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 10: Musician and activist Wyclef Jean attends the TIME's 2010 Person of the Year Panel at Time & Life Building on November 10, 2010 in New York, New York.
