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Hopes dim for finding survivors a week after Haiti earthquake

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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.

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