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    RA MES: RESCUERS READY TO LEAVE FOR HAITI

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    15.01.2010 16:36 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Rescue group of the Armenian Ministry of Emergency
    Situations are ready to leave for Haiti and provide the necessary
    assistance.

    According to the press office of RA Ministry of Emergency Situations,
    a detachment of 50 rescuers was quickly formed, the Lieutenant-Colonel
    Avetik Manukyan was appointed as detachment commander, and the deputy
    director of the Armenian Rescue Service of RA Ministry of Emergency
    Situations , Colonel Sergei Azaryan will be the detachment head.

    An earthquake with 7.0 magnitude at the Richter scale occurred at the
    coast of Haiti on January 12. Tremors were recorded at a 10 km depth,
    15 km far from the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince. According to
    seismologists, earthquakes of such power are unprecedented in Haiti. A
    few minutes after the first earthquake repeated earthquakes occurred,
    reaching 6 points. The exact number of dead is unknown yet. According
    to various estimations, the victims of disaster could be tens to
    hundreds of thousands people.
    From: Baghdasarian
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