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Haiti says 200,000 may be dead

Stabroek News "PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – As many as 200,000� people died in the earthquake that devastated Haiti and and� three-quarters of the capital, Port-au-Prince, will need to be� rebuilt, authorities in the Caribbean country said yesterday.

“We have already collected around 50,000 dead bodies. We� anticipate there will be between 100,000 and 200,000 dead in� total, although we will never know the exact number,” Interior� Minister Paul Antoine Bien-Aime told Reuters.

Some 40,000 bodies had been buried in mass graves,� Secretary of State for Public Safety Aramick Louis said."

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