Haiti Earthquake: American citizens are waiting to be evacuated

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Channel: United Nations · 2010 · News & Politics

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United Nations, New York, 19 January 2010 - Hundreds of American citizens have been lining up at the US embassy in Port-au-Prince frantically trying to get on flights away from the chaos and the destruction, one week after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastated the Haitian Capital.

Those waiting to be evacuated - some sustaining injuries - expressed frustration at the slow pace of the proceedings.

Source: UNIFEED, MINUSTAH

News story:
http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocusRel.asp?infocusID=91&Body=Haiti&Body1

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