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Haiti earthquake

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14 United Nations staff in Haiti reported killed and 56 seriously injured by an earthquake measuring 7 SR which destabilize the country. Meanwhile, 150 other staff are still listed as missing. The statement was made head of the UN Department of Field Support, Susana Malcorra, as quoted by Reuters, according to Susana, the victim is a staff of the UN mission in Haiti (Minustah). Until now, he said, there are about 150 people who still sought. However, the Head of the UN Department of Peace, Alain Leroy said the deaths of UN staff that can not be confirmed to the President of Haiti René Préval. "We can not confirm the report," he said. However, he added, Minustah Office mighty crash was caused by the earthquake. There are no official data about the size of the quake casualties Haiti. It is feared, thousands of people were killed tertimbung ruins. The earthquake destroyed many buildings in Port-au-Prince Haiti, including the Presidential Palace

Thousands of victims, Only a one Hospital Operated


earthquake on the 7 Richter Scale, which was almost flattened Haiti shake most of its territory. Hospitals, too paralyzed by the quake. Recorded, only one hospital that could operate a hospital that is Argentina. "Haitian government hospitals collapse. RS Argentina the only one still open," said Director RS Argentina, Daniel Desimone, as quoted by AFP on Wednesday. With mediocre condition, the hospital is treating hundreds of victims of the earthquake. There is already dead, some are struggling to live. Most victims are being killed on the streets of Haiti. "This is really the most critical situations. We've never handled a critical dead and this much," added Dasimone. In the capital Port-au-Prince, local media reported the Presidential Palace, Parliament building, the church building and several other government buildings suffered serious damage. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said this massive earthquake magnitude 7.3 Richter Scale occurred at a depth of 10kilometers. Its center located at 16 kilometers distance from the capital Port-au-Prince and 27 kilometers from Petionville, a suburb of Haiti

200 French citizens in Hotel Monara Missing


Quake RS 7 in Haiti's capital to make a popular hotel among tourists collapsed. Around 200 people in it and still looking for missing until now. "I'm talking about Hotel Monara, where the tourists and French citizens working in Haiti settled. About 300 people in it and when the hotel collapsed, only 100 people could get out, this was our big concern," said French Minister of Cooperation Alain Joyandet told Radio Europe I, as reported by AFP, he said, about 60 French citizens have fled to the French Embassy in Port-au-Prince and more kept coming. Embassy and the Ambassador's house was damaged in the quake that killed thousands of people expected it. Joyandet tells AFP that France sent two planes with rescue workers and humanitarian assistance. The plane can land at the airport. Around 1400 French citizens live in Haiti, of whom 1200 lived in Port-au-Prince.