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Toll in Haiti Collapse Hits 75

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 8, 2008 12:21 PM CST

(Newser) – The death toll in the Haitian school collapse has risen to 75, the AP reports. The mayor of the Port-au-Prince suburb where it occurred said 17 dead students have been found so far today. Another 80 are being treated for injuries, many of them serious,... Read full story »

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