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White House: Rescue Attempt Happening Right Now

A week after the earthquake, the White House reports that a U.S. search and rescue team, using dogs and listening devices, has just confirmed a live victim at a Haitian trade school who they're now trying to rescue.

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Telecom Billionaire: Haiti Needs A Marshall Plan

Denis O'Brien, Haiti's biggest foreign investor, said he's working alongside former President Bill Clinton on just such a plan.

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Interactive Map Of The Haiti Quake

USA Today's interactive map of the earthquake and subsequent relief effort.

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Hillary Clinton Going To Haiti Aid Conference In Montreal

The conference of international donors will be held Monday.

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Country-By-Country Breakdown Of The Dead And Missing

At least 20 countries have had citizens killed in the quake.

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Gen. Jim Jones Chairing WH Meeting On Haiti At 5:15 PM ET

The president won't attend, but Vice President Biden, Secretary of State Clinton, Secretary of Defense Gates, Secretary of Homeland Security Napolitano, Secretary of Health & Human Services Sebelius, Ambassador Susan Rice, Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations and USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah all will. Shah will address reporters after the meeting.

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WATCH: Crowd Cheers 'USA, USA' As Americans Pull Haitian Woman From Rubble

The crowd goes wild when an American search-and-rescue team pulls a Haitian woman from the rubble of a collapsed building.

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28 Americans Dead In Haiti Quake

The State Department has raised the official U.S. death toll.

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U.S. Christians Send Audio Bibles To Haiti

"These portable, solar-powered audio Bibles will be given to local pastors so people can hear God's word in their own language," said Faith Comes By Hearing spokesman Jon Wilke.

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4 U.S. Rescue Teams Going Home -- Having Never Left Local Airports

Officials say the rescue teams, which were mobilized last week, never made it to Haiti because the country could not "absorb" them and that they'd merely been held as backup for crews that were already in Haiti.

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No Immediate Health Risks From Dead Bodies In Haiti

Experts say decomposing bodies in Haiti aren't likely to pose a major threat to public health.

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Gibbs: 'We Have All Seen Remarkable Stories Coming Out Of Such A Calamitous Disaster'

The press secretary addressed the relief efforts in Haiti during his press briefing today.

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Haitians Can Begin Applying Thursday To Stay Temporarily In U.S.

Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Alejandro Mayorkas said Haitians can begin applying this week to stay and work in the U.S. for 18 months while recovery efforts continue in their home country.

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SEE: New Red Cross Photos

The Red Cross releases new photos of its relief efforts in Haiti.

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Military: Transition 'Very Soon' From Search And Rescue To Recovery Of Bodies

"We fully expect that we will transition very soon from the search phase to the recovery phase, and obviously we continue to be in prayer," Major General Daniel Allyn, deputy commander of the US military operation in Haiti, told reporters.

"But at a week after the initiation of the earthquake, we have not found any (US) survivors in the last two days. So we are doubtful that we will be fortunate, but obviously we remain in prayer and hopeful."

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At Least 30 Members Of Haiti Soccer Federation Die In Quake

The Caribbean Football Union said referees, coaches, administrators, players and medical officials are all among the soccer organization's dead, according to the AP.

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American Quake Survivor: Miracles Saved Me

A Catholic missionary from Connecticut told the AP that he survived his 10-hour ordeal trapped in earthquake wreckage thanks to a series of miracles.

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Trapped For 65 Hours, Man Got Info From iPhone, Treated Injuries

Dan Woolley was trapped for 65 hours under tons of rubble in the lobby of his hotel in Haiti. He used information he found using his iPhone to treat his injuries -- and survived.

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Canada Pledges $58M For Haiti Relief

America's neighbor to the north makes a big financial commitment to the relief effort.

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Doctors Without Borders Med Coordinator: 'I See Some People And Can't Believe They Are Alive'

Jeanne Cabeza, medical coordinator of Doctors Without Borders in Haiti, and Michelle Chouinard, head of mission in the country, write moving op-eds about their experience in the devastated country.

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SD Basketball Coach Goes Barefoot For Haiti Relief

South Dakota State Jackrabbits basketball coach Scott Nagy will coach barefoot this weekend in an effort to collect $30,000 and 2,000 pairs of shoes for Haiti relief.

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Haiti Facing 'Heightened Malaria Risk'

"It is highly probable that the prevalence of malaria will increase in the wake of the disaster," said Fiona Place, co-author of the Malaria Risk Index, in an interview with AFP.

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U.S Troops Secure Hosptial, Presidential Palace

"We are here to provide security to the hospital. We work with the government of Haiti. We have rules of engagement, but we are on a humanitarian mission," Sergeant Bill Smith told AFP.

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U.S. Commander In Haiti: 'Security Goes Hand In Hand With Our Mission'

In an interview broadcast a moment ago on CNN, Lt. Gen. P.K. Keen, the U.S. commander in Haiti, said that "our primary purpose is providing humanitarian assistance," but that security is a necessary precondition to make sure that aid can be delivered.

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U.S. Donations Reach $190M

U.S. donations to the Haiti relief effort have reached about $190 million -- which is about how much Americans gave after the 2004 Asian tsunami and after Hurricane Katrina, according to one report.

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Military Using More Runways For Haiti Aid Effort

Rushing to get more relief aid into Haiti, the U.S. military says it will begin using two more airports this week.

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UN Approves More Troops And Police For Haiti

The U.N. Security Council this morning unanimously approved sending 3,500 extra troops and police officers to Haiti.

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Sarkozy Salutes 'Essential Role' Of U.S. In Haiti

The French president's declaration comes after one of his ministers suggested the U.S. was beginning to occupy Haiti.

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Haitian Orphans Arrive In Pittsburgh

Dozens of Haitian orphans arrived in Pittsburgh today. They'll be taken to a children's hospital, where adoptive parents are expected to greet them.

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US Troops Land At Haiti Presidential Palace

Six U.S. Navy helicopters carrying more than 100 U.S. troops landed on the grounds of Haiti's damaged presidential palace today.

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Before Quake, Signs Of Hope For Haiti's Tourism Industry

CNN reports on the promise showed by Haiti's tourism industry before last week's devastating earthquake.

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500K In Port-Au-Prince Tent City

CNN reports that nearly 500,000 people are staying in a tent city in the Champs de Mars square in downtown Port-au-Prince.

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U.S. Temporarily Allowing Haitian Orphans Into U.S. To Receive Care

"We are committed to doing everything we can to help reunite families in Haiti during this very difficult time," Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in a statment.

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Congress Taking Backseat To WH On Haiti Relief

The administration's been taking the lead, and Congress reportedly has no plans to jump in.

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Twitter Used To Help Land Plane With Haiti Relief Supplies

The Daily News reports: "Twitter, the messaging service often used by the self-absorbed to update the world on their breakfast choices, may have actually saved lives in Haiti Sunday."

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UN Voting Today On More Troops For Haiti

The UN Security Council is expected to vote today on whether to send 2,000 more troops and 1,500 extra police to Haiti.

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Cruise Ship Tourists Visit Haiti

ABC News reports: "As rescuers frantically try to save the lives of those trapped beneath the rubble in Haiti's capital city, Port-au-Prince, 3,000 tourists are stepping off a Royal Caribbean cruise ship -- just 90 miles away -- to enjoy the cruise line's private beach resort today."

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U.S. Cell Phone Donations Top $22M

The American Red Cross has received more than $22 million in donations texted through U.S. cell phones -- more than one-fifth of the $112 million in total donations the charity has received for Haiti relief. The Red Cross' previous record for donations by text message was $400,000

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European Commission: 200K Dead, 250K Injured, 1.5M Homeless

The European Commission has released new estimates on the number of people affected by the devastating earthquake in Haiti.

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Poll: Two-Thirds Of U.S. Adults Plan To Give To Haiti Relief

A Zogby poll finds 64% of U.S. adults have given or plan to give to relief efforts after the Haiti quake. Thirty-three percent have already done so and another 31% plan on doing so.

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Bill Clinton Unloads Supplies In Haiti

During his visit to Haiti yesterday, former President Bill Clinton helped unload the following supplies, according to a press release from the Clinton Foundation:

• 32 Generators

• 96 gas cans

• 150 Solar flashlights

• 4860 bottles of water

• Food

• Medical supplies

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Hotline Created To Report Haiti Relief Fraud

The FBI and the National Center for Disaster Fraud have created a hotline to report suspected Haitian earthquake relief fraud. The number is (866) 720-5721, and is staffed 24/7 by a live operator.

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More Than 2,900 Americans Have Been Evacuated

According to the White House, as of noon ET on Monday, 2,971 Americans had been evacuated from Haiti.

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U.S. Ambassador To Haiti: 'Biggest Handicap' Is Infrastructure

Kenneth Merten, U.S. ambassador to Haiti, also said in an interview with CNN moments ago that reports of looting seem to be overblown. He said much of the aid distribution he's seen has been orderly and peaceful.

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Bill Clinton: 'I Wish Every American Could See This'

"I wish every American could see this. It's astonishing what the Haitians have been able to accomplish, performing surgeries at night, with lights, with no anesthesia, using vodka to sterilize equipment," the former president said, according to a report from the Washington Post.

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Obama Spoke Again Today With UN Chief And With Brazilian President

According to the White House, "the president discussed further coordination of our work on the ground together and expressed his support for the UN and the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). The president conveyed his appreciation to President Lula for his country's leadership of MINUSTAH, and the two leaders discussed their shared goal of closely coordinating efforts with the government of Haiti and the international community."

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Undocumented Haitians Seeking Refuge In U.S. Will Still Be Returned To Haiti

The AP reports: "U.S. authorities are readying for a potential influx of Haitians seeking to escape their earthquake-wracked nation, even though the policy for migrants remains the same: with few exceptions, they will go back."

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PHOTOS: Obamas Make Surprise Visit To Red Cross HQ

The Red Cross posts photos of the first couple's surprise visit.

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Bill Clinton: 'This Earthquake Was An Equal Opportunity Destroyer'

In an interview with Sanjay Gupta that aired moments ago on CNN, former President Bill Clinton said that while many parts of Port-au-Prince were tragically 'wiped out," the country could "be built back stronger" than it was before.

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Public Health Expert: The Worst Is Yet To Come

Reuters reports that Josh Ruxin, a Columbia University public health expert living and working in Rwanda, said that "the number one risk is always bacterial infections where they have open wounds."

"Things are going to get much much worse before they are going to get better," Ruxin said.

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