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Haiti, Still Affected by Quake, Preps for Hurrican Season (Time.com)

July 20th, 2010

A nurse (L) hands medicines to patients in Port-au-Prince in 2008. As Haiti struggles to rebuild itself after a devastating earthquake, people with AIDS are still waiting for aid promised to them before the catastrophe, activists here said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Thony Belizaire)Time.com - The quake-devastated nation is bracing for the coming storms, looking fearfully up at deforested hills. But some plans are in place to mitigate suffering


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Quake troubles wash away in sacred Haiti waterfall (AP)

July 16th, 2010

Voodoo pilgrims bathe in a waterfall believed to have purifying powers during the annual celebration in Saut d' Eau, Haiti, Friday July 16, 2010. The annual pilgrimage to Saut d'Eau venerates the site where believers say the Virgin Mary, whom many here revere as the goddess of love, Ezili Danto, once appeared. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Pilgrims, partiers and profit-seekers flocked to a sacred Haitian waterfall Friday where Voodoo and Christian faithful prayed for a better life after six grueling months of post-earthquake trouble.


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Magnitude-6.2 quake hits southern Mexico (AP)

June 30th, 2010

Map locates Oaxaca, Mexico, where a 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck nearbyAP - A strong earthquake rattled southern Mexico on Wednesday, sending people fleeing into the streets in Pacific coast towns and in the nation’s capital.


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Police nab 30 in pre-dawn raid on Haiti quake camp (AP)

June 18th, 2010

AP - U.N. and Haitian police raided a crowded earthquake survivor camp on Friday to capture 30 criminal suspects in the biggest law-enforcement operation since the Jan. 12 earthquake.

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6.3 quake hits off Japanese coast; no damage seen (AP)

June 18th, 2010

AP - An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 has rattled northern Japan.

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