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An elderly woman lies dead at a school that collapsed, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince
09 Nov 2008
Source: Reuters
 
An elderly woman lies dead at a school that collapsed, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince November 9, 2008. The death toll in the collapse of the ramshackle school in Haiti rose above 90 on Saturday after rescue workers uncovered a room full of dead, many of them children, officials said. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (HAITI) TEMPLATE OUT
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Rescue workers survey the damage while the body of an elderly woman lies dead under the school that collapsed on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince November 9, 2008. The death toll in ...


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