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Strong Earthquake Hits Haiti

by Wall Street Journal | 5:31 PM CDT, January 12, 2010

AP PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A strong earthquake has hit the impoverished country of Haiti, where a hospital has collapsed and people are screaming for help. The US Geological Survey says the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.3.

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