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cory777 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 04:18 AM
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Desperate Haitians await foreign disaster relief
Source: Reuters.com

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Thousands of people injured in Haiti's massive earthquake spent a third night twisted in pain, lying on sidewalks and waiting for help as their despair turned to anger.

"We've been out here waiting for three days and three nights but nothing has been done for us, not even a word of encouragement from the president," said Pierre Jackson, nursing his mother and sister who lay whimpering with crushed legs.

"What should we do?"

Desperate Haitians blocked streets with corpses in one part of Port-au-Prince to demand quicker relief efforts following Tuesday's catastrophic quake, which flattened buildings and killed tens of thousands, leaving countless others homeless.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60B5IZ20100115
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qanda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-15-10 07:45 AM
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1. I understand them becoming impatient but why block the streets
And hence the efforts that are being made to help?
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