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Miracle Haiti girl had nothing to eat or drink, say doctorsPort-Au-Prince (AFP) Jan 28, 2010 Stunned doctors said a 16-year-old Haitian girl was in a stable condition Thursday after surviving for 15 days buried in the rubble of the country's earthquake - apparently with nothing to eat or drink. "Nature always surprises us," said Claude Fuilla, the head medic with a French civil defense team in Haiti which pulled young Darlene Etienne from a collapsed building in the capital Port-au-Prince Wednesday. Neighbors found Etienne and alerted international rescuers who dug her out. She was sta ... read more |
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Berlin (AFP) Jan 22, 2010A leak in a uranium enrichment plant in Germany exposed an employee to a high level of radiation but posed no danger to people outside the facility, the firm operating the plant said on Friday. The employee was taken to hospital as a precaution, a spokeswoman for the German subsidiary of British nuclear firm Urenco said. None of the radiation escaped, the company added. "There is no ... more  
Washington (AFP) Jan 19, 2010Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Tuesday called up to 900 US Coast Guard reservists to duty to serve in Haiti following the devastating January 12 earthquake. President Barack Obama on Sunday issued an executive order authorizing the mobilization of military reserves to help quake-hit Haiti, particularly medical staff to work on hospital ships and Coast Guard sta ... more 
Geneva (AFP) Jan 18, 2010Aid agencies said a huge international relief operation nearly a week after Haiti's devastating earthquake was gaining pace on Monday, but one warned that survivors were growing increasingly desperate. UN agencies and the Red Cross said field hospitals and food distribution had multiplied in and around the capital Port-au-Prince, where the magnitude 7.0 quake wrought huge destruction, leavin ... more |
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Deluge of Haiti aid, but officials say more neededUnited Nations (AFP) Jan 15, 2010 Donors ranging from the world's richest countries to individuals sending text messages have contributed massive aid for quake-stricken Haiti, but officials said Friday much more was needed. The UN said it planned an appeal for hundreds of millions of dollars, with the deeply poor country desperate for food and medical supplies and its shattered infrastructure making distribution of assistance difficult. Twenty countries, organisations and companies have already pledged 268.5 million do ... read more |
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