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Man found alive under rubble in Haiti

Times Online | A man who has been pulled alive from the rubble of a marketplace in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince may have been trapped there since the devastating earthquake struck 28 days ago. The 28-year-old, identified as Evans Muncie, was found under the ...

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Getty ImagesA Haitian man pulls a load of salvaged metal through the rubble in Port-au-Prince on February 3, 2010 . » Haiti is one of the most unequal and polarized countries in the world, with a minuscule fraction of its population controlling almost all real power and influence and living lives of ostentatious luxury. Their section of the capital was largely untouched by the disaster. This elite has long used brute force to keep poor people in line, with violent military and paramilitary forces (some trained by the United States) doing their dirty work. » Much foreign aid lands in the laps of these elite Haitian families, who distribute it as they see fit. Even before the earthquake, almost half of all Haitians survived on a household income of 44 cents a day.
Getty ImagesA Haitian man pulls a load of salvaged metal through the rubble in Port-au-Prince on February 3, 2010 . » Haiti is one of the most unequal and polarized countries in the world, with a minuscule fraction of its population controlling almost all real power and influence and living lives of ostentatious luxury. Their section of the capital was largely untouched by the disaster. This elite has long used brute force to keep poor people in line, with violent military and paramilitary forces (some trained by the United States) doing their dirty work. » Much foreign aid lands in the laps of these elite Haitian families, who distribute it as they see fit. Even before the earthquake, almost half of all Haitians survived on a household income of 44 cents a day.... Open »
Lynsey Addario for The New York Times An Air Force Mobile Forward Surgical team prepared a Haitian infant for a medical evacuation from Port-au-Prince.
Lynsey Addario for The New York Times An Air Force Mobile Forward Surgical team prepared a Haitian infant for a medical evacuation from Port-au-Prince.... Open »
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