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Stars unite to help devastated Haiti in telethon
With a buoyant call for Haiti's revival by native son, Wyclef Jean
- AP
- Published: 08:11 January 23, 2010
- Image Credit: AP/Hope for Haiti Now
- Wyclef Jean performs at Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief in New York on January 22, 2010.
New York: Grim-faced celebrities and musicians with mournful tunes have set the tone for the all-star, international "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon, which featured two hours of desperate pleas for an even more-desperate nation.
However, it ended Friday on a hopeful note, with a buoyant call for Haiti's revival by native son, Wyclef Jean.
Jean shouted after singing the slow song Rivers of Babylon, with a Haitian flag around his neck, "Enough of this moping man, let's rebuild Haiti, let's show 'em how we do it where we come from!"
He segued into the joyful tune Yele with an island beat, as musicians danced around him, singing the refrain: "Earthquake, we see the earth shake, but the soul of the Haitian people will never break!"
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