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Jan 20, 2010 by News Hunter
As U.S. troops began to organize sites for food distribution, residents of the island nation of Haiti were sent scurrying into the streets again Wednesday (1-20-2010) after a strong 6.1 aftershock hit the raved country. Reports classified it as one of the biggest aftershocks since the 7.0 quake reduced capital city Port-au-Prince to shambles eight days ago. With many residents around Port-au-Prince living in make-sift tents and other flimsy structures, the aftershock produced another sense of uncertainty in a populace still trying to recover from last week’s devastation, which may eventually claim more than 100,000 lives, officials estimate. Meanwhile, U.S. troops were rolling out massive relief efforts that would provide food, water and perhaps medicine to areas that were not getting any help. Also, the U.N. Security Council gave approve for another 3,500 peacekeeping troops to help in the disaster relief effort.
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