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WASHINGTON: The death toll in the Haiti quake could top 100,000, Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive told a US news channel Wednesday. The final death toll could be "well over 100,000," the prime minister told the US television channel after his Caribbean nation was struck Tuesday by a 7.0 quake. "I hope that is not true, because I hope the people had the time to get out. Because we have so much people on the streets right now, we don't know exactly where they were living. "But so many, so many buildings, so many neighborhoods totally destroyed, and some neighborhoods we don't even see people, so I don't know where those people are."

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 PORT-AU-PRINCE: A major earthquake rocked Haiti, killing possibly thousands of people as it toppled the presidential palace and hillside shanties alike and left the Caribbean nation appealing for international help. A five-story U.N. headquarters building was also brought down by Tuesday's 7.0 magnitude quake, the most powerful to hit Haiti in more than 200 years according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Television footage from the capital, Port-au-Prince, showed scenes of chaos on the streets with people sobbing and appearing dazed amid the rubble. The presidential palace lay in ruins, its domes fallen on top of flattened walls. The quake's epicenter was only 10 miles (16 km) from Port-au-Prince. About 4 million people live in the city and surrounding area. Aftershocks as powerful as 5.9 rattled the city throughout the night and into Wednesday. Reports on casualties and damage were slow to emerge due to communication problems. French Fore...

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 AMMAN: Three Jordanian peacekeepers were killed and 21 wounded in the massive earthquake that rocked Haiti, the army said on Wednesday. "Major Atta Manasir, Major Asharf Jaiusi and Corporal Raed Khawaldeh of the Jordanian peacekeeping force in Haiti died (in) the earthquake that hit the area on Tuesday night," an army spokesman said in a statement. "Twenty-one other members of the armed forces were slightly injured in the quake." The spokesman gave no further details.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 BEIJING: Eight Chinese peacekeepers were buried in rubble and 10 others were missing after a massive earthquake in Haiti, China's state-run media reported Wednesday. The report followed the strongest earthquake in more than a century in the impoverished Caribbean nation on Tuesday, which toppled buildings including the headquarters of the UN mission.

Updated at: 0319 PST, Wednesday, January 13, 2010 PORT AU PRINCE: A quake measuring 7.3 on the moment magnitude scale shook the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti Tuesday, rocking the capital city, officials and media witnesses said. A US government agency has issued a tsunami warning for countries bordering the Caribbean sea, after a powerful 7.3 quake rocked Haiti. "This message applies to countries within and bordering the Caribbean sea," the Pacific Tsunami Warning center said, "except for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands." A huge quake measuring 7.0 rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti Tuesday toppling buildings and causing widespread damage and panic, officials and, media witnesses said. A tsunami alert was immediately issued for the Caribbean region after the earthquake struck at 2153 GMT. A correspondent said the ground shook for more than a minute. Just minutes later two aftershocks measuring both 5.9 and 5.5 on the moment ma...