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Haiti's continuing tragedies: At least 30 are succumbed, dozens are buried in school collapse - November 7, 2008 
                      
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Three bodies, two girls and one boy, lay on the ground near the scene of the church school that collapsed on the outskirts of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, November 7, 2008. At least 30 people were killed when the three-story La Promesse school building collapsed while class was in session and some of the walls and debris crushed neighboring homes in the Nerettes community near Port-au-Prince. and and dozens were buried under rubble.REUTERS/Joseph Guyler Delva (HAITI)
                          
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A person caught under rubble holds a math book as people dig for survivors after a school collapsed in Petionville, Haiti, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. The 'La Promesse' school where roughly 500 students crowded into several floors collapsed during classes, killing at least 30 people and injuring many more.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
                                            
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Police and troops from a UN peacekeeping force carry a victim of the College Promesse Evangelique school collapse in Petion-ville, Haiti. About a dozen people were killed when a school in a Port-au-Prince suburban shantytown with 700 pupils collapsed Friday, a police spokesman said.(AFP/Thony Belizaire)
                          
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Residents help a woman at a school after it collapsed in Petionville, Haiti, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. A concrete school building collapsed during classes, killing at least 30 people and injuring many more students.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
                                 
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Police and troops from a UN peacekeeping force carry a victim of the College Promesse Evangelique school collapse in Petion-ville, Haiti. A school with 700 students in a Haitian shanty-town collapsed here Friday leaving a dozen people dead, and with many still buried in the debris, rescuers warned that the toll could grow "very high."(AFP/Thony Belizaire)
                                   
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Rescue workers carry a victim of the College Promesse Evangelique school collapse in Petion-ville, Haiti. A school with 700 students in a Haitian shanty-town collapsed here Friday leaving a dozen people dead, and with many still buried in the debris, rescuers warned that the toll could grow "very high."(AFP/Thony Belizaire)
                                  
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Haitians help victims of the College Promesse Evangelique school that collapsed in Petion-ville, Haiti. A school with 700 students in a Haitian shanty-town collapsed here Friday leaving a dozen people dead, and with many still buried in the debris, rescuers warned that the toll could grow "very high."(AFP/Thony Belizaire)
       
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Haiti's President Rene Preval (C) visits the scene of the church school that collapsed on the outskirts of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince November 7, 2008. The ramshackle church school collapsed in a shanty town on the outskirts of Haiti's capital on Friday, burying dozens in rubble and killing at least 50, many of them children, rescue workers said. REUTERS/Evens St.Felix (HAITI)
                                      
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An injured man is rescued near the scene of the church school that collapsed on the outskirts of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince November 7, 2008. The ramshackle church school collapsed in a shanty town on the outskirts of Haiti's capital on Friday, burying dozens in rubble and killing at least 50, many of them children, rescue workers said. REUTERS/ Evens St.Felix (HAITI)
      
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Fireman Nathaniel Lasseur carries a child who was rescued from under the rubble of a school that collapsed in Petionville, Haiti, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. The 'La Promesse' school, where roughly 500 students crowded into several floors, collapsed during classes killing at least 47 people and injuring many more.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
                                                 
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Residents search through rubble and concrete for people trapped under the 'La Promesse' school after it collapsed in Petionville, Haiti, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. The school, where roughly 500 students crowded into several floors, collapsed during classes killing at least 47 people and injuring many more.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
                             
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Residents search through rubble for people trapped under the 'La Promesse' school after it collapsed in Petionville, Haiti, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. The school, where roughly 500 students crowded into several floors, collapsed during classes killing at least 47 people and injuring many more.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
                            
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The head of a male student, still alive, trapped under the debris is pictured at the scene of the church school that collapsed on the outskirts of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, November 7, 2008. At least 30 people were killed when the three-story La Promesse school building collapsed while class was in session and some of the walls and debris crushed neighboring homes in the Nerettes community near Port-au-Prince.REUTERS/Joseph Guyler Delva (HAITI)
                                
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Residents, above, wait for news of victims and survivors outside 'La Promesse' school after it collapsed as U.N. peacekeepers help in the rescue effort in Petionville, Haiti, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. The school, where roughly 500 students crowded into several floors, collapsed during classes killing at least 47 people and injuring many more.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
                              
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People help a person out from under the rubble of a school after it collapsed in Petionville, Haiti, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. A hillside school where roughly 500 students crowded into several floors collapsed during classes on Friday, killing at least 30 people and injuring many more.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
                              
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A girl is seen caught in the rubble of a school after it collapsed in Petionville, Haiti, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. The concrete 'La Promesse' school where roughly 500 students crowded into several floors collapsed during classes, killing at least 30 people and injuring many more.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
                            
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Residents and a U.N. peacekeeper from the Philippines help carry a person from the rubble after a school collapsed in Petionville, Haiti, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. The concrete 'La Promesse' school where roughly 500 students crowded into several floors collapsed during classes on Friday, killing at least 30 people and injuring many more.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
                               
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Residents remove rubble and concrete looking for victims and survivors at the 'La Promesse' school after it collapsed in Petionville, Haiti, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. The building collapsed during classes, killing at least 30 people and injuring many more students.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
                                        
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People help a person out from under the rubble of a school after it collapsed in Petionville, Haiti, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. The concrete 'La Promesse' school collapsed during classes, killing at least 30 people and injuring many more students.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
                             
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A man is carried on a stretcher after being rescue from under the rubble of a school after it collapsed in Petionville, Haiti, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. A concrete school building collapsed during classes, killing at least 30 people and injuring many more students.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
                             
 
 

              

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