Haiti says 200,000 may be dead, violence looms
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - As many as 200,000 people died in the earthquake that devastated Haiti and three-quarters of the capital, Port-au-Prince, will need to be rebuilt, authorities in the Caribbean country said on Friday. | Video
Snapshot: Haiti Earthquake
PORT-AU-PRINCE - Haitian authorities say as many as 200,000 people died in the quake that devastated the Caribbean nation and three-quarters of the capital, Port-au-Prince, would need to be rebuilt. Gangs of robbers had begun to prey on survivors living in makeshift camps on sidewalks and streets strewn with rubble and scattered decomposing bodies.
Enormity of Haiti quake disaster clear from the sky
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Witnessing Haiti's earthquake aftermath from street level is horrific -- dead bodies poking out of collapsed buildings, bandaged survivors whimpering in tent cities and the stench of rot and death.
U.S. texting raises $11 million for Haiti
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Cellphone users in the United States have contributed more than $11 million to Haitian earthquake relief through text messages in what is being hailed as an unprecedented mobile response to a natural disaster. | Video
Haiti says 200,000 may be dead, violence breaks out
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - As many as 200,000 people died in the earthquake that devastated Haiti and three-quarters of the capital, Port-au-Prince, will need to be rebuilt, authorities in the Caribbean country said on Friday. | Video
Snapshot: Haiti Earthquake
PORT-AU-PRINCE - Haitian authorities say as many as 200,000 people died in the quake that devastated the Caribbean nation and three-quarters of the capital, Port-au-Prince, would need to be rebuilt. Gangs of robbers had begun to prey on survivors living in makeshift camps on sidewalks and streets strewn with rubble and scattered decomposing bodies.
Water, drugs are Haiti's biggest need
(Reuters) - Clean water and antibiotics are among the biggest needs for Haiti, where the capital was devastated by a huge earthquake that killed up to 100,000 people, health experts say.
Factbox: Companies offer aid to Haiti after earthquake
(Reuters) - A magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti on Tuesday, killing thousands and demolishing schools, hospitals, houses and hillside shantytowns.
Quake destruction "like in a war": Haiti president
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's shell-shocked president, Rene Preval, thanked the world on Friday for its rush to aid his poor Caribbean nation after the catastrophic earthquake that he compared to a wartime bombardment.
U.S. texting raises $11 million for Haiti
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Cellphone users in the United States have contributed more than $11 million to Haitian earthquake relief through text messages in what is being hailed as an unprecedented mobile response to a natural disaster.
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