The Christian Science Monitor - Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean says he will not step out of the presidential race in Haiti, after an electoral commission excluded him from a final candidate list late Friday night. And in doing so, he is appealing to young men like Rockson Elian, unemployed since his business was destroyed in the Jan. 12 earthquake.

Reuters - An earthquake struck western Greece on Sunday, but no injuries or damage were reported.

In the span of a few weeks, hip-hop star Wyclef Jean turned the world's attention to a little-known political race in a small, impoverished Caribbean country — with little campaigning, no TV ads and zero debates.

Strong earthquakes along the San Andreas fault in southern California are more frequent than previously thought, so the dreaded Big One could be just around the corner, US researchers said in a study.

AP - The leader of an American group detained while trying to take 33 children out of Haiti after the January earthquake defended her actions upon her release, saying she was wrongly accused and held without just cause.

Haiti waited Friday to learn who will be allowed to run for president, with star aspirant Wyclef Jean wasting no time unveiling a plan to tap the diaspora to rebuild the earthquake-battered nation.

LiveScience.com - Earthquakes strike along California's San Andreas Fault more often than scientists previously thought, a new study suggests.

A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea on Saturday, seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued.

Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean's bid to run for Haiti's presidency hung in the balance on Friday as the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean country waited for its electoral authority to publish the final list of approved candidates.

Haiti hip-hop star Wyclef Jean is not on the list of approved candidates who satisfy legal requirements to run in a November 28 presidential election, a member of the provisional electoral council said on Thursday.

Three earthquakes were reported over 18 hours Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey website.