Friday marks one month since the January 12 earthquake shattered Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, killing 212,000 people.
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http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/haiti-one-month-after-quake-18110834
The earthquake in Haiti is being reported as the worst disaster of its kind in history.
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Two images, before and after.
Zoom in to view the decimation in Port-au-Prince, including its cathedral and shantytowns
President Obama has offered Haiti the United States' 'full support' after the island nation suffered an epic earthquake.
What he did not mention is America's generosity may come with a hefty price tag to U.S. taxpayers as the deficit mushrooms from the cost of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
With the first of its flights touching down in earthquake-devastated Haiti late Wednesday afternoon, the U.S. began deploying military planes, ships and ground troops to the Caribbean nation.
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/01/13/haiti.us.coast.guard/index.html
CEO Muhtar Kent told the company's 92,000 employees in an e-mail Wednesday the Atlanta-based company is also checking on the safety of the 850 people who work for its bottler there.
Three Coca-Cola employees who happened to be in Haiti during the earthquake Tuesday were safe and have since gone to the Dominican Republic, the company said.
A strong earthquake, estimated magnitude 6.5, rocked the Eureka, Calif., area this afternoon, snapping power lines, toppling televisions, disrupting power throughout the region and forcing the evacuation of at least one mall.
The earthquake was centered under the Pacific Ocean...
