IT IS an ill wind that blows no good, as people have been remarking to each other since at least the 16th century. In the case of the bitter easterlies that have brought Britain colder, snowier weather than has been seen for a couple of decades, the proverbial benefit has been felt by the [...]

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Haiti’s prime minister has warned the death toll may top 100,000 in a calamitous earthquake which left streets strewn with corpses and thousands missing in a scene of utter carnage. Hospitals collapsed, destroyed schools were full of dead people and the cries of trapped victims escaped from crushed buildings in the centre of the capital [...]

CNN’s Anderson Cooper, in quake-devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, says rescuers are digging through rubble with their bare hands in efforts to reach buried neighbors. Anguished voices from within the debris are growing silent. var showHover=false;

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CNN – Rescuers climb atop the flattened United Nations building in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, looking for survivors. Massive slabs of concrete are several stories high; it is hard to imagine anyone alive inside. Finally, a weeping survivor is pulled out. var showHover=false;

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