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13 Jan 2010 10:55

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World: Haiti’s biggest city, Port-au-Prince, ballooned in size quickly

  • 250,000 Port-au-Prince’s population in the 1950s, according to U.S. ambassador Timothy M. Carney
  • 2 million the city’s population today; it grew in size very quickly with little oversight or planning source
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13 Jan 2010 10:48

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World: Worse than anyone expected: Port-Au-Prince’s hospitals abandoned

  • Doctors Without borders says ALL hospitals in Haiti’s Port au Prince area have either collapsed or been abandoned.
  • NBC anchor Ann Curry • On the devastated infrastructure of Haiti’s capital and largest city. Haitian authorities say that the quake has destroyed most of the city. Obama has offered significant help to the country, and there will be ways to get that help to Haitians – the airport appears to still be operable. But it appears that the city, ill-prepared for such a quake, is a complete disaster area. source
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12 Jan 2010 21:21

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World: Details scarce on the 7.0 earthquake that leveled Haiti’s capital

  • A lot of houses [and] buildings went down, and people are still running all over the streets. People are looking for their wives, looking for their husbands and their kids. It’s scary.
  • Eyewitness Jean Bernard • On the earthquake in Haiti. While details are scarce and not forthcoming, word is that a lot of very terrible things – buildings collapsing (including a rumor of a HOSPITAL falling down), many dead, many hurt – took place. But little confirmation. We’ll keep you posted. source
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01 Jan 2010 19:24

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World: The death toll in the Pakistan volleyball blast is rising rapidly

The death toll is up to 75 or more, making it one of the deadliest to hit Pakistan since attacks flared up in October. As many as 500 people have died. source
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31 Dec 2009 11:20

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U.S., World: More Americans soldiers died in Afghanistan than last year

  • 155 soldiers died in Afghanistan in 2008, according to iCasualties
  • 319 died in 2009; more roadside bombs are to blame source
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06 Nov 2009 14:05

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U.S.: The latest on Orlando: 1 dead, 5 wounded; suspect captured

Jason Rodriguez, a former employee of Reynolds, Smith & Hill, a transportation consulting firm, was captured at his mother’s house by a SWAT team. source
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15 Oct 2009 10:22

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World: Pakistan is quickly becoming the new Afghanistan, guys

  • 37 dead in four separate bombings in Pakistan today source
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11 Oct 2009 11:03

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World: The underplayed Philippines disasters: Two quick numbers

  • two number of typhoons that have hit the Philipines in the last 14 days source
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05 Oct 2009 09:39

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World: Torrential rains in India lead to huge amounts of flooding

  • 270+ have died in the massive Indian floods source
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01 Oct 2009 20:15

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World: The Indonesian quake is reaching a catastrophic death toll

  • 1,100+ people have died in the quake so far source
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