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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg flies over areas of Turkey affected by the powerful earthquake that killed tens of thousands across the southeast. IMAGES
Heavy traffic clogs the roads to the worst-affected areas around Turkey's quake-hit Iskenderun four days after a 7.8 magnitude quake hit the country's southeast, as well as neighbouring Syria. IMAGES
Les Cayes, Aug 22 (EFE).- The main armed gangs in Haiti said Sunday they have accepted a truce to allow the distribution of humanitarian aid to the thousands affected by the earthquake last week, which caused at least 2,207 deaths and more than 12,000 injured. (Camera: MARIA MONTECELOS) SHOT LIST: A HALF-BUILT CHURCH AFFECTED BY THE EARTHQUAKE AND THE DELIVERY OF HUMANITARIAN AID IN LES CAYES, HAITI.
Les cayes, Aug 21 (EFE).- Hope of finding people alive amid the rubble from the magnitude-7.2 earthquake that slammed southern Haiti a week ago dimmed on Saturday as desperation among those left homeless and hungry intensified.Authorities have not updated the casualty figures since Wednesday, when the death toll stood at 2,189 and the number of injured was 12,268.Los Topos (The Moles), a group of experienced rescuers from Mexico, attracted a crowd of hundreds of onlookers Saturday as they searched the wreckage of a house here in Les Cayes, the largest population center in the affected area. (Camera: MARIA MONTECELOS).SHOT LIST: LOS TOPOS (THE MOLES) A TEAM OF EXPERIENCED RESCUERS FROM MEXICO, SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS IN THE RUBBLE OF A HOUSE IN LES CAYES, HAITI. SOUND BITES: LUIS ALBA, LEADER OF LOS TOPOS RESCUE TEAM FROM MEXICO (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION: This was demonstrated in the 2010 earthquake, when after more than a week, old people came out and students came out, teachers came out.
Camp-Perrin, Aug 20 (EFE).- Four trucks loaded with food aid were looted Friday while en route to earthquake-stricken southwestern Haiti."It it with indignation that we learned that unidentified individuals have plundered four trucks that were going to bring assistance to the affected communities," Food for the Poor, the Florida-based charity that arranged the shipment, said.The trucks were supposed to deliver rations to Abricot, Pestel, Jeremie and Caimite Island, which were among the locations hit hardest by last Saturday's magnitude-7.2 temblor, which left 2,189 people dead and another 12,268 injured, according to the latest figures. (Camera: MARIA MONTECELOS).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE WAIT TO RECEIVE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM RATIONS IN CAMP-PERRIN; RATIONS FROM THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM ARE DISTRIBUTED TO EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS IN CAMP-PERRIN; AND TRUCKS LOADED WITH FOOD AID EN ROUTE TO EARTHQUAKE-STRICKEN AREAS.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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