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Fri 01 Jan 201050,000 feared dead in Haiti as global aid effort begins
HELP IS on its way, President Barack Obama promised the people of Haiti yesterday as a massive global relief operation geared up amid estimates that up to 50,000 people died in the earthquake that devastated the capital, Port-au-Prince, on Tuesday.
Mr Obama said the Haitian relief effort was “a top priority” for the US, and an opportunity for Washington to show leadership. Haiti’s main airport is now operating around the clock, but is unable to cope with the influx of personnel and supplies.
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