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US forces scale back Haiti relief role (AP)

A US Army solder drags a sack of rice during a food distribution operation organized by the US Army and Brazilian Army UN peacekeepers in Port-au-Prince, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. Haiti was struck by a magnitude 7 earthquake last Jan. 12, leaving thousands homeless and prompting an international outpouring of aid.  (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP – The biggest U.S. military surge since Iraq and Afghanistan is scaling back a month after the troops arrived in haste to aid victims of Haiti’s catastrophic quake.


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Help steps up, but so does scale of Haiti tragedy

US troops step up Haiti efforts
US troops fan out across Haiti as aid operations gather momentum, a week after the devastating earthquake.

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Church raises £10,000 for Haiti
Parishioners at St Eugene’s Cathedral in Derry raise almost £10,000 for emergency aid work in earthquake-hit Haiti.

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Honda donates $300K, equipment to Haiti relief
Honda is donating $300,000 to relief efforts in Haiti, as well as generators, water pumps and other Honda equipment, the automaker said Tuesday.

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U.S. Nonprofit Feeds Thousands in Haiti
Thousands of Haitians may get their first real meal since the earthquake. Haiti – United States – Caribbean – Business and Economy – Organizations

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Help steps up, but so does scale of Haiti tragedy
The staggering scope of Haiti’s nightmare came into sharper focus Monday as authorities estimated 200,000 dead and 1.5 million homeless in the quake-ravaged heart of this tragic land, where injured survivors still died in the streets, doctors pleaded for help and looters slashed at one another in the rubble.

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Help steps up, but so does scale of Haiti tragedy (AP)

People beg for food and water outside a supermarket in Port-au-Prince, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. Troops, doctors and aid workers flowed into Haiti on Monday even while hundreds of thousands of Tuesday's quake victims struggled to find water or food. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP – The staggering scope of Haiti’s nightmare came into sharper focus Monday as authorities estimated 200,000 dead and 1.5 million homeless in the heart of this luckless land, where injured survivors still died in the streets, doctors pleaded for help and looters slashed at one another in the rubble.


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