An earthquake that had a magnitude of 7.0 devastated the city of Port-au-Prince in the country of Haiti. The location of Haiti is in the caribbian near Cuba. The estimated deathtoll in the country is said to be in the thousands and among them are the Roman Catholic archbishop of Port-au-Prince. It is also reported that the head of the UN peacekeeping was missing. Red Cross spokesman Paul Conneally said a third of Haiti's 9 million people may need emergency aid and that it would take a day or two for a clear picture of the damage to emerge. Canada foreign minister has reported that they had sent a small reconnaissance team to assess the damage.
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