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    ARMENIA TO SEND RESCUERS TO HAITI

    news.am
    Jan 14 2010
    Armenia

    RA Ministry of Emergency Situations will send 50-member rescue squad
    to Haiti to render assistance in prevention of disastrous earthquake
    consequences, the Head of Ministry's press service Nikolay Grigoryan
    told NEWS.am.

    According to Grigoryan, the rescuers will head to Moscow and thereafter
    to Haiti.

    January 12, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti followed by 5.9
    and 5.5 aftershocks. According to foreign press, Prime Minister
    Jean-Max Bellerive told CNN that the quake death toll might reach
    100 000 people. Nearly all houses, schools and hospitals, as well as
    parliament building were collapsed in the capital Port-au-Princ. The
    day before UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon informed about death of
    16 UN officials, whereas 150 others are missing.
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