Haiti Quake

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  Death Count In Massive Haiti Earthquake Rises To Over 1,400: Officials

  The preliminary count of the 7.2 magnitude quake that struck southwestern Haiti rose Monday to 1,419 dead and more than 6,900 injured, according to the country's civil protection agency.

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  Haiti Earthquake Death Count Up To 724, Now Tropical Storm Set To Hit

  The death count from a devastating earthquake in Haiti rose to 724 on Sunday as rescue workers scrambled to find survivors buried under buildings a day after the 7.2 magnitude quake and as a tropical storm bore down on the Caribbean nation.

• Five Years After Quake, Cholera Epidemic Haunts Haiti

  Five years after an earthquake demolished its capital, Haiti's efforts to get back on its feet are still hampered by an epidemic blamed on the UN troops there to help.

• Magnitude 6.5 quake strikes off Puerto Rico- reports

  A strong quake of magnitude 6.5 struck north off Puerto Rico on Monday and could trigger a local tsunami, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.

• Haiti marks fourth anniversary of quake that killed 250,000

  Haiti marked four years on Sunday since a violent earthquake shattered the impoverished nation, which is still struggling to recover from the widespread devastation that killed 250,000 people.

• Beyonce Donates Gaddafi Gig Money to Charity

  Beyonce announced that she donated the money earned from a performance at a private party thrown by Muammar Gaddafi's son for Haiti quake relief.

• 2,000 Haiti quake orphans sold as sex slaves

  Over 2,000 children, orphaned after the devastating earthquake in Haiti in January 2010, have been sold as sex slaves by child traffickers, officials said.The January 12, 2010, quake killed around 230,000 people in the country.Babies and toddlers have also been taken from makeshift camps in the capital Port-au-Prince and sold for as little as 30 po...

• Observers play down fraud in Haiti's election

  International observers played down allegations of widespread fraud in Haiti's critical post-quake election as ballots began to be counted at an industrial park in the capital on Monday.At the same time, a pair of leading presidential candidates, each sensing a potential berth in a likely runoff, broke with rivals who had said in the midst of votin...

• Haiti Cholera epidemic averted?

  As doctors in Haiti wait to see if a major cholera epidemic has been averted, aid workers in Port-au-Prince were working on Friday to prepare for the eventuality that it hasn't.As of Friday morning, more than 4,700 people had been hospitalised and at least 330 people had died, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs....

• Facebook page for lives lost in Haiti

  The desperate quest to find loved ones started just minutes after the massive Haiti quake, as cell phones rang unanswered from beneath the rubble of Haiti's best hotel.While a lucky few were eventually rescued, many more perished when the hotel crumbled within seconds.The AP reconstructed the few hours after the quake, when the search went online w...

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  Rape, sex-for-food: New trauma for Haiti quake victims

  When the young woman needed to use the toilet, she went out into the darkened tent camp and was attacked by three men.

• Indians in Haiti ask for help from home

  The small community of Indians based in quake-ravaged Haiti has appealed to the government back home to provide them financial assistance to rebuild their lives.

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  Haiti girl saved from rubble after 15 days

  Rescuers have dragged a Haitian girl alive from the rubble 15 days after a devastating quake, in a rare moment of joy for a country where victims still face a desperate shortage of aid.

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  Haiti quake: iPhone saves American filmmaker's life

  Dan Woolley, lay trapped beneath Haiti's earthquake rubble for 66 hours and used medical application on his iPhone to survive until help arrived.

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  Haiti earthquake toll grows steadily

  The death toll from the devastating quake in Haiti rose to 112,226, according to new official figures.