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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - JANUARY 13: In this handout image provided by the United Nations, a Haitian boy receives treatment at an ad hoc medical clinic at United Nations Stabilization Mission In Haiti's (MINUSTAH) logistics base after an earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the Haitian capital just before 5 pm yesterday, on January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Much of Port-au-Prince was reduced to rubble by the quake on January 12, but the airport was operational, opening the way for international relief aid to be ferried in by air as well as by sea. (Photo by Logan Abassi/MINUSTAH via Getty Images)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - JANUARY 13: In this handout image provided by the United Nations, a Haitian boy receives treatment at an ad hoc medical clinic at United Nations Stabilization Mission In Haiti's (MINUSTAH) logistics base after an earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the Haitian capital just before 5 pm yesterday, on January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Much of Port-au-Prince was reduced to rubble by the quake on January 12, but the airport was operational, opening the way for international relief aid to be ferried in by air as well as by sea. (Photo by Logan Abassi/MINUSTAH via Getty Images) © Getty Images/Getty | Getty Images
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - JANUARY 13: A man gestures as he prays for help in the town of Canape Vert January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Planeloads of rescuers and relief supplies headed to Haiti as governments and aid agencies launched a massive relief operation after a powerful earthquake that may have killed thousands. US President Barack Obama ordered a swift and aggressive US rescue effort, while the European Union activated its crisis systems and the Red Cross and United Nations unlocked emergency funds and supplies for the destitute nation. Much of Port-au-Prince was reduced to rubble by the 7.0-strong quake on January 12 but the airport was operational, opening the way for international relief aid to be ferried in by air as well as by sea. (Photo by Frederic Dupoux/Getty Images)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - JANUARY 13: A man gestures as he prays for help in the town of Canape Vert January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Planeloads of rescuers and relief supplies headed to Haiti as governments and aid agencies launched a massive relief operation after a powerful earthquake that may have killed thousands. US President Barack Obama ordered a swift and aggressive US rescue effort, while the European Union activated its crisis systems and the Red Cross and United Nations unlocked emergency funds and supplies for the destitute nation. Much of Port-au-Prince was reduced to rubble by the 7.0-strong quake on January 12 but the airport was operational, opening the way for international relief aid to be ferried in by air as well as by sea. (Photo by Frederic Dupoux/Getty Images) © Getty Images/Getty | Getty Images
A crowd of people observe the covered corpses of those killed by a massive earthquake in Port-au-Prince on January 13, 2010. More than 100,000 people were feared dead in Haiti after a calamitous earthquake razed homes, hotels, and hospitals, leaving the capital in ruins and bodies strewn in the streets. Planeloads of rescuers and relief supplies headed to Haiti as governments and aid agencies launched a massive relief operation. AFP PHOTO/Juan BARRETO
A crowd of people observe the covered corpses of those killed by a massive earthquake in Port-au-Prince on January 13, 2010. More than 100,000 people were feared dead in Haiti after a calamitous earthquake razed homes, hotels, and hospitals, leaving the capital in ruins and bodies strewn in the streets. Planeloads of rescuers and relief supplies headed to Haiti as governments and aid agencies launched a massive relief operation. AFP PHOTO/Juan BARRETO © AFP | AFP
A body lies amid rubble on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince after a huge earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, toppling buildings and causing widespread damage and panic, officials and AFP witnesses said. A tsunami alert was immediately issued for the Caribbean region after the earthquake struck at 2153 GMT. AFP PHOTO / Lisandro SUERO == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / NO SALES ==
A body lies amid rubble on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince after a huge earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, toppling buildings and causing widespread damage and panic, officials and AFP witnesses said. A tsunami alert was immediately issued for the Caribbean region after the earthquake struck at 2153 GMT. AFP PHOTO / Lisandro SUERO == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / NO SALES == © AFP | AFP
A destroyed building is seen on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince after a huge earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, toppling buildings and causing widespread damage and panic, officials and AFP witnesses said. A tsunami alert was immediately issued for the Caribbean region after the earthquake struck at 2153 GMT. AFP PHOTO / Lisandro SUERO == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / NO SALES ==
A destroyed building is seen on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince after a huge earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, toppling buildings and causing widespread damage and panic, officials and AFP witnesses said. A tsunami alert was immediately issued for the Caribbean region after the earthquake struck at 2153 GMT. AFP PHOTO / Lisandro SUERO == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / NO SALES == © AFP | AFP
The Haitian presidential palace stands in ruins on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince after a huge earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, toppling buildings and causing widespread damage and panic, officials and AFP witnesses said. A tsunami alert was immediately issued for the Caribbean region after the earthquake struck at 2153 GMT. AFP PHOTO / Lisandro SUERO == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / NO SALES ==
The Haitian presidential palace stands in ruins on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince after a huge earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, toppling buildings and causing widespread damage and panic, officials and AFP witnesses said. A tsunami alert was immediately issued for the Caribbean region after the earthquake struck at 2153 GMT. AFP PHOTO / Lisandro SUERO == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / NO SALES == © AFP | AFP
Hundreds of people remain at public squares for security reason or after having lost their houses in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 13 January 2010, following a 7.0-magnitude on 12 January 2010. Haiti's Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive on 13 January quantified the number of dead at
Hundreds of people remain at public squares for security reason or after having lost their houses in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 13 January 2010, following a 7.0-magnitude on 12 January 2010. Haiti's Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive on 13 January quantified the number of dead at "well over 100,000," while Haitian President Rene Preval spoke of possibly tens of thousands. EPA/ORLANDO BARRIA +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ © dpa/DPA | dpa
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - JANUARY 13: In this handout image provided by the United Nations, Haitians set up impromtu tent cities thorough the capital after an earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the Haitian capital just before 5 pm yesterday, on January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Much of Port-au-Prince was reduced to rubble by the quake on January 12, but the airport was operational, opening the way for international relief aid to be ferried in by air as well as by sea. (Photo by Logan Abassi/MINUSTAH via Getty Images)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - JANUARY 13: In this handout image provided by the United Nations, Haitians set up impromtu tent cities thorough the capital after an earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the Haitian capital just before 5 pm yesterday, on January 13, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Much of Port-au-Prince was reduced to rubble by the quake on January 12, but the airport was operational, opening the way for international relief aid to be ferried in by air as well as by sea. (Photo by Logan Abassi/MINUSTAH via Getty Images) © Getty Images/Getty | Getty Images
A Haitian woman is helped after being trapped in rubble on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince following a huge earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, toppling buildings and causing widespread damage and panic, officials and AFP witnesses said. A tsunami alert was immediately issued for the Caribbean region after the earthquake struck at 2153 GMT.
A Haitian woman is helped after being trapped in rubble on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince following a huge earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, toppling buildings and causing widespread damage and panic, officials and AFP witnesses said. A tsunami alert was immediately issued for the Caribbean region after the earthquake struck at 2153 GMT. © AFP | AFP
A Haitian woman is covered in rubble on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince after a huge earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, toppling buildings and causing widespread damage and panic, officials and AFP witnesses said. A tsunami alert was immediately issued for the Caribbean region after the earthquake struck at 2153 GMT. AFP PHOTO / Lisandro SUERO == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / NO SALES ==
A Haitian woman is covered in rubble on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince after a huge earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, toppling buildings and causing widespread damage and panic, officials and AFP witnesses said. A tsunami alert was immediately issued for the Caribbean region after the earthquake struck at 2153 GMT. AFP PHOTO / Lisandro SUERO == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / NO SALES == © AFP | AFP
An injured child is tended to at the Hotel Villa Creole in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday Jan. 12, 2010. The strongest earthquake in more than 200 years struck Haiti on Tuesday, collapsing a hospital where people screamed for help and heavily damaging the National Palace, U.N. peacekeeper headquarters and other buildings. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Montreal La Presse, Ivanoh Demers) ** MONTREAL OUT, ONLINE OUT **
An injured child is tended to at the Hotel Villa Creole in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday Jan. 12, 2010. The strongest earthquake in more than 200 years struck Haiti on Tuesday, collapsing a hospital where people screamed for help and heavily damaging the National Palace, U.N. peacekeeper headquarters and other buildings. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Montreal La Presse, Ivanoh Demers) ** MONTREAL OUT, ONLINE OUT ** © AP | AP
A Haitian woman is helped from the rubble of a damaged building on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince after a huge earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, toppling buildings and causing widespread damage and panic, officials and AFP witnesses said. A tsunami alert was immediately issued for the Caribbean region after the earthquake struck at 2153 GMT. AFP PHOTO / Lisandro SUERO == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / NO SALES ==
A Haitian woman is helped from the rubble of a damaged building on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince after a huge earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, toppling buildings and causing widespread damage and panic, officials and AFP witnesses said. A tsunami alert was immediately issued for the Caribbean region after the earthquake struck at 2153 GMT. AFP PHOTO / Lisandro SUERO == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / NO SALES == © AFP | AFP
People react as a woman collapses on a street after a major earthquake struck, in Port-au-Prince in this January 12, 2010 video grab. The magnitude 7.0 quake hit impoverished Haiti on Tuesday, toppling buildings in the capital Port-au-Prince, burying residents in rubble and causing many deaths and injuries, witnesses in the city said. REUTERS/Reuters TV (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)
People react as a woman collapses on a street after a major earthquake struck, in Port-au-Prince in this January 12, 2010 video grab. The magnitude 7.0 quake hit impoverished Haiti on Tuesday, toppling buildings in the capital Port-au-Prince, burying residents in rubble and causing many deaths and injuries, witnesses in the city said. REUTERS/Reuters TV (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) © Reuters/REUTERS | Reuters
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - JANUARY 12: Women wait on the floor at the emergency clinic of Petionville on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti today, followed by at least a dozen aftershocks, causing widespread devastation in the capital of Port-au-Prince. (Photo by Frederic Dupoux/Getty Images)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - JANUARY 12: Women wait on the floor at the emergency clinic of Petionville on January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti today, followed by at least a dozen aftershocks, causing widespread devastation in the capital of Port-au-Prince. (Photo by Frederic Dupoux/Getty Images) © Getty Images/Getty | Getty Images
A handout image released on 12 January 2010 by Radioteleginenhaiti.com shows debris from a buiding in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after the 7.0 magnitude earthuake struck about 10 miles (15 kilometers) southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The quake struck at 2153 GMT on 12 January at a depth of 10 kilometres. Two aftershocks registering 5.9 and 5.5 on the Richter scale followed within the hour, with more temblors later. EPA/RADIOTELEGINENHAITI.COM HANDOUT BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++
A handout image released on 12 January 2010 by Radioteleginenhaiti.com shows debris from a buiding in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after the 7.0 magnitude earthuake struck about 10 miles (15 kilometers) southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The quake struck at 2153 GMT on 12 January at a depth of 10 kilometres. Two aftershocks registering 5.9 and 5.5 on the Richter scale followed within the hour, with more temblors later. EPA/RADIOTELEGINENHAITI.COM HANDOUT BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ © dpa/DPA | dpa
A woman carries a child after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince in this January 12, 2010 video grab. A major earthquake struck the capital of impoverished Haiti on Tuesday, toppling many buildings and burying hundreds, possibly thousands, of people under the rubble, witnesses said. REUTERS/Reuters TV (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A woman carries a child after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince in this January 12, 2010 video grab. A major earthquake struck the capital of impoverished Haiti on Tuesday, toppling many buildings and burying hundreds, possibly thousands, of people under the rubble, witnesses said. REUTERS/Reuters TV (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY) © Reuters/REUTERS | Reuters
A Haitian woman reacts January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince after a huge earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, toppling buildings and causing widespread damage and panic, officials and AFP witnesses said. A tsunami alert was immediately issued for the Caribbean region after the earthquake struck at 2153 GMT. AFP PHOTO / Lisandro SUERO == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / NO SALES ==
A Haitian woman reacts January 12, 2010 in Port-au-Prince after a huge earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, toppling buildings and causing widespread damage and panic, officials and AFP witnesses said. A tsunami alert was immediately issued for the Caribbean region after the earthquake struck at 2153 GMT. AFP PHOTO / Lisandro SUERO == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / NO SALES == © AFP | AFP
**RETRANSMISSION FOR IMPROVED QUALITY** In this photo taken from the Web site twitter.com, people gather in the streets in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 after the largest earthquake ever recorded in Haiti. (AP Photo/Carel Pedre) MANDATORY CREDIT: CAREL PEDRE; NO SALES
**RETRANSMISSION FOR IMPROVED QUALITY** In this photo taken from the Web site twitter.com, people gather in the streets in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 after the largest earthquake ever recorded in Haiti. (AP Photo/Carel Pedre) MANDATORY CREDIT: CAREL PEDRE; NO SALES © AP | AP