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Reggae legend BOB MARLEY will be helping the Haiti earthquake relief effort from beyond the grave thanks to a 65th birthday party with a difference.Members of Marley's family and friends will gather at Los Angeles art gallery Mr. Musichead on Saturday (06Feb10) for the first annual Jammin' and Wailin' event on what would have been the late star's birthday.Rare artwork and photography featuring the reggae great will be on sale, as will Marley coffee and other items.All proceeds from the event will benefit Doctors Without Borders' efforts in Haiti.

The 'We Are The World' remake is in full force. DimeWars research staff has counted up to 80 different celebrities participating in the event. But this inevitably leads to an interesting question. Where will the money go? One of Lionel Richie's managers was recently asked that very question:All my executives and staff that are here are working for nothing," said Randy Phillips, the CEO of AEG Live and Richie's manager. (AEG Live underwrote much of the operational costs for the recording of the track, as did Visa.) "No one's making any money. This is strictly a charitable event. We want as much as possible, if it's 99 percent, to go to charity. That's what we want to happen here. What we're going to do is we've formed a charitable foundation called the "We Are the World" Foundation LLC. The money will go [to the foundation] as a pit stop, and then it will be distributed. There's a board that's going to decide where it goes," he said. "And on that board is Quincy and ['Crash' director] Paul Haggis and Luis Alberto Moreno, who runs the [Inter-American] Development Bank.

Showbiz Spy - The Gone Till November rapper — who’s currently raising money for victims on the Haiti earthquake — apparently demanded $100,000 to appear at charity fundraiser in 2006.WYCLEF Jean isn’t as charitable as he seems.Internal e-mails, obtained by Gawker, show that FXB International — a French charity — were forced to cancel a benefit concert to raise funds to build a new school and community center in the village of Lasere, Jean’s hometown, because the singer’s personal performance fee made the event too expensive.

Please Pray Everyone. For those who want to do more please visit Redcross.org or Text "HAITI" to 90999 to donate $10 to the Red Cross International Response Fund.

A major earthquake has struck Haiti, just ten miles from the capital Port-au-Prince. Local officials are reporting a catastrophe of major proportions.
Oxfam has long experience in Haiti, and we're rushing in teams from around the region to respond where we're needed most. Our response will include providing clean water, shelter and sanitation.

This is video sent on the day of the earthquake. The Global Orphan Project supports over 2200 kids in Haiti. This video was sent through the Cambry Technical Center to Shane Hackett and Frantz St. Germain.

"CBS News RAW": daytime pictures of the aftermath of the Tuesday's earthquake in Haiti. There were crying victims among the downed buildings.

Haiti's devastating earthquake has left an estimated 3 million people in need of emergency aid, a Red Cross official said Wednesday, as aid groups and governments scrambled to send tons of disaster relief to the impoverished Caribbean nation.

Humanitarian officials said the proximity of the quake's epicenter, only 10 miles (15 kilometers) from the capital Port-au-Prince, and Haiti's crumbling infrastructure meant it was impossible to gauge exactly how many people might be dead or wounded.
The first airlifts to Haiti concentrated on search and rescue efforts and setting up makeshift hospitals.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the United States was offering full assistance — civilian and military. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Britain would provide "whatever humanitarian assistance is required," while France, Canada, China, Germany, Mexico and Venezuela pledged immediate support in terms of personnel, cash and supplies.
Germany said it would donate euro1 million ($1.45 million), while China pledged $1 million.
One of the first teams expected to arrive Wednesday was 37 search and rescue specialists from Iceland, who are bringing with them 10 tons of their own equipment.
French rescue authorities say 65 clearing specialists and 6 sniffer dogs are leaving for Haiti on Wednesday, while Spain is rushing three airplanes to Haiti with at least 100 tons of tents, blankets and cooking kits. Israel is sending in an elite Army rescue unit of engineers and medics.

U.N. agencies and Red Cross societies were trying to send in teams and aid from their regional hub in Panama, while USAID is mobilizing a response group and two urban search and rescue units, Byrs said.

If aid cannot travel over the airport road, assistance may be rerouted through the Dominican Republic, said Charles Vincent, a senior World Food Program official, whose agency plans to airlift tons of high-energy biscuits from El Salvador, enough to feed 30,000 people for a week.

The Christian aid organization World Vision, which has 400 staff in Haiti, said it would immediately distribute supplies it had stored in Haiti for hurricane relief.
Low-lying areas of Port-au-Prince, including the Cite Soleil slum, appeared to be hit worse than neighborhoods higher up the hills, said World Vision spokesman Casey Calamusa.