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Earth quake in Haiti

Earth quake in Haiti. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital Wednesday after a powerful earthquake crushed thousands of structures, from schools and shacks to the and the U.N. peacekeeping headquarters. Untold numbers were still trapped.

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Earth quake in Haiti

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  1. Earth quake in Haiti PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital Wednesday after a powerful earthquake crushed thousands of structures, from schools and shacks to the and the U.N. peacekeeping headquarters. Untold numbers were still trapped.

  2. Earth quake in Haiti • said he believes thousands of people were dead from Tuesday afternoon's magnitude-7.0 quake. • " has collapsed. The tax office has collapsed. Schools have collapsed. Hospitals have collapsed," Preval told the . "There are a lot of schools that have a lot of dead people in them." • The Roman Catholic archbishop of was among the dead, and the head of the was missing

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  4. Earth quake in Haiti • In a Monday Jan. 18, 2010 photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Haitian children look on as U.S. service members from the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall arrive on the shoreline outside of Port-au-Prince while surveying the area for the best access point to Port-au-Prince. Haitian citizens have been placing toothpaste under their noses to block the stench in the air

  5. Earth quake in Haiti • Rescue workers from Russia, Nicaragua, Peru and Israel pull a woman from the rubble of a collapsed building in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 18, 2010. The woman was one of two survivors pulled from the building just minutes apart from each other.

  6. Earth quake in Haiti • Almost 200 evacuees crowd into a C-17 Globemaster at the Port-au-Prince airport in Haiti Jan. 17, 2010. The C-17 Globemaster from McChord Air Force Base participated in a massive airlift of personnel and relief supplies into earthquake-damaged Haiti. The evacuees were taken to Orlando, Fla

  7. Earth quake in Haiti • Police officers aim at people who were surprised taking goods from quake-damaged stores in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 18, 2010. Violence and looting broke up in Port-au-Prince as earthquake survivors scavenged for anything they could find in the ruins.

  8. Haitian disaster • Francois Luxama, 55, who had her right arm amputated because of injures sustained during last week's earthquake, lies in the backyard of the Centre Hospitalier De La Renaissance in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 17, 2010. Doctors have performed dozens of amputations of hands, arms and legs as medical staff try to care for tens of thousands of patients overflowing from hospital wards into car parks and gardens.

  9. Haitian disaster • Maxi Phalone, right, reacts after her sister was pulled alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in Port-au- Prince, Haiti, Jan. 18, 2010. Phalone's sister was one of two earthquake survivors rescued from the building just minutes apart from each other.

  10. Haitian disaster • People beg for food and water outside a supermarket in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 18, 2010. Troops, doctors and aid workers flowed into Haiti Monday even while hundreds of thousands of quake victims struggled to find water or food.

  11. Haitian disaster • A tent city sheltering earthquake-displaced people is seen from the air in Port-au-Prince.

  12. Still hope in Haiti • Haitian people pray during the sunday mass organized by the priest outside of the destroyed cathedral of Port au Prince on January 17, 2010, five days after a 7.0 earthquake hit the Haitian capital.

  13. Haitian disaster • With nowhere else to go, Haitians in Port-au-Prince slept overnight in the city streets, families huddling together in makeshift tents as loved ones remained buried under rubble, rescue crews were stretched thin and international aid trickled in

  14. Haitian disaster • Residents reach for packets of water during a food distribution three days after the earthquake. Thousands of people left hurt or homeless in the aftermath begged for food, water and medical assistance on Friday as the world rushed to deliver aid to survivors before their despair turned to anger

  15. Haitian disaster • Piles of bodies outside the morgue in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010.

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