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Feb 23 2010

UN troops rescue Haitian art from the rubble – Taipei Times

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Shifting debris and twisted metal by hand, Haitian workers backed by Japanese UN military engineers on Monday rescued remaining valuable paintings and sculptures from the collapsed rubble of one of Haiti’s most notable art museums. The workers and …

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Feb 22 2010

UN troops, workers rescue Haiti’s artwork from ruins – Reuters AlertNet

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Shifting debris and twisted metal by hand, Haitian workers backed by Japanese U.N.

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Feb 02 2010

Real sweet way to help out Haiti – Sun Chronicle

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There has been an impressive number of groups and organizations taking up collections and running fundraisers to help the Haitian earthquake victims. Many student groups, for instance, took it upon themselves to do something, and the same has been …

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Jan 20 2010

A plan to reconstruct my country – CNN

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Editor’s note: Pierre Fouche is a Haitian citizen and doctoral candidate in the earthquake engineering program at the University at Buffalo-State University of New York School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in Buffalo, New York. Buffalo, New …

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Jan 14 2010

Red Cross estimates quake killed up to 50,000; Obama pledges $100 … – Washington Post

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The 7.0-magnitude quake on Tuesday devastated the coastal sprawl of the Haitian capital, leveling once-grand buildings, makeshift shacks, historic gingerbread homes and cinder-block structures. Caked in the flour-white dust of crushed plaster and …

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Jan 14 2010

In Port-au-Prince – Washington Post

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — Haitian leaders estimated Wednesday that tens of thousands of people have died in the aftermath of the earthquake that throttled this impoverished Caribbean nation, as the United States and other countries mobilized a vast …

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