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Death toll of Haiti quake soars to 1,297, countries sending aid

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Port-au-Prince, Aug 15 (EFE).- Haitian authorities on Sunday raised to 1,297 the death toll in the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the country on the weekend.Civil Protection reported that 1,054 people are known to have died in the Sud Department, another 122 in Nippes and 119 in Grand'Anse, all of these provinces on the country's slender southwestern peninsula, while another two people lost their lives in northwest Haiti.Meanwhile, the Venezuelan government on Sunday sent the beleaguered nation 30 tons of supplies, including food, medicine and potable water, to help the general populace after the powerful Saturday quake that injured at least 2,800 people. (Camera: MARÍA MONTECELOS).SHOT LIST: HUMANITARIAN AID ARRIVE IN PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI.

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