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A Spanish rescuer carries two-year-old Redjeson Hausteen Claude after he was rescued

A Spanish rescuer carries two-year-old Redjeson Hausteen Claude after he was rescued from a collapsed home in the aftermath of the earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

People walk through the streets after a powerful earthquake struck Port-au-Prince

People walk through the streets after a powerful earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Cris Bierrenbach)

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*AFTER* Haiti's National Palace is seen damaged in Port-au-Prince Wednesday, Jan 13, 2010. A powerful earthquake struck the country on Tuesday.

Debris lays in the street after an earthquake along the Delmas road in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Debris lays in the street after an earthquake along the Delmas road in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Jorge Cruz)

A young injured earthquake survivor holds a piece of bread in a makeshift shelter in Port-au-Prince

A young injured earthquake survivor holds a piece of bread in a makeshift shelter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

An earthquake survivor sits with part of her face covered by a bandage in Port-au-Prince

An earthquake survivor sits with part of her face covered by a bandage in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

A family rushes an injured girl to a hospital

A family rushes an injured girl to a hospital, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010, in Port-AU-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/The Miami Herald, Patrick Farrell)

Earthquake survivors' tents are seen between buildings in Port au Prince

In this photo released by the United Nations, earthquake survivors' tents are seen between buildings in Port au Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/United Nations, Logan Abassi)

A doctor of the Chinese emergency rescue team, left, treats an injured child in Port-au-Prince

A doctor of the Chinese emergency rescue team, left, treats an injured child in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Xing Guangli)

A man cries outside the morgue of the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince

A man cries outside the morgue of the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

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Displaced Haitians whose homes were destroyed or damaged gather on the street where they now sleep in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010.

Israeli rescuers retrieve an injured person from the rubble of a ruined building in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince

Israeli rescuers retrieve an injured person from the rubble of a ruined building in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. (AP Photo/Xinhua, David de la Paz)

Haitian Police officers take down the flag that had been draped near the top of the National Palace

Haitian Police officers take down the flag that had been draped near the top of the National Palace on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/The Miami Herald, Patrick Farrell)

A boy injured during last week's earthquake is treated at the Israeli Field Hospital in Port-au-Prince

A boy injured during last week's earthquake is treated at the Israeli Field Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

A boy looks through a tent at a camp for earthquake survivors set up on a golf course in Port-au-Prince

A boy looks through a tent at a camp for earthquake survivors set up on a golf course in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Oscar Oliva cries with joy as he embraces a fellow rescuer after the group pulled 69-year old woman Anna Zizi from the rubble

Oscar Oliva cries with joy as he embraces a fellow rescuer after the group pulled 69-year old woman Anna Zizi from the rubble of Haiti's devastating earthquake, Tuesday Jan. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Jeffrey, ACT Alliance HO)

Eleanore Rose of the Canadian Red Cross holds six-month-old Sebastian Joseph at Hospital General in Haiti

Eleanore Rose of the Canadian Red Cross holds six-month-old Sebastian Joseph at Hospital General in Haiti. (AP Photo/American Red Cross, Talia Frenkel)

Surgeon Daniel Pust, right, green, helps lift a patent off a truck

Surgeon Daniel Pust, right, green, helps lift a patent off a truck, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, that has been transported from a field hospital to a new temporary hospital. (AP Photo/Miami Herald, Charles Trainor Jr)

Elizabeth, an 18-day-old infant, rests in a tent hospital after spending eight days trapped in her home

Elizabeth, an 18-day-old infant, rests in a tent hospital after spending eight days trapped in her home before being rescued during earthquake relief efforts in Jacmel, Haiti. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Barker)

A man pulls a cart carrying a coffin containing three bodies at the cemetery for burial in Port-au-Prince

A man pulls a cart carrying a coffin containing three bodies at the cemetery for burial in Port-au-Prince, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Haitians pray during Sunday Mass outside the ruins of the National Cathedral

Haitians pray during Sunday Mass outside the ruins of the National Cathedral, which was destroyed by the massive Jan. 12 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

United Nations soldiers from Uruguay hold the crowd back during a food distribution in Port-au-Prince

United Nations soldiers from Uruguay hold the crowd back during a food distribution in Port-au-Prince, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A man runs by a fire in downtown Port-au-Prince

In this photo released by MINUSTAH, a man runs by a fire in downtown Port-au-Prince, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/MINUSTAH, Marco Dormino)

A man shows a picture frame he found among the rubble of damaged buildings in Port-au-Prince

A man shows a picture frame he found among the rubble of damaged buildings in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

A boy who was injured in the earthquake stands in a hospital room as his parents stand near, unseen, in Port-au-Prince

A boy who was injured in the earthquake stands in a hospital room as his parents stand near, unseen, in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

A girl sits in a orphanage being used by U.N. children's agency UNICEF

A girl sits in a orphanage being used by U.N. children's agency UNICEF for Haitian children separated from their parents after the Jan. 12 earthquake, in the outskirts of Port-au-Prince. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

A U.N. worker writes the name of a colleague on his photo hanging on a board of photographs

A U.N. worker writes the name of a colleague on his photo hanging on a board of photographs of peacekeepers and officials who were killed in the Jan. 12 earthquake. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

A Haitian man walks past a sign Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010 requesting help and supplies in Port-au-Prince

In this photo provided by the US Navy, a Haitian man walks past a sign Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010 requesting help and supplies in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/US Navy, HO)

People try to stay in line to get disaster relief supplies at U.S. 82nd Airborne Division's forward operating base in the aftermath of the earthquake

In this Jan. 20, 2010 file photo, people try to stay in line to get disaster relief supplies at U.S. 82nd Airborne Division's forward operating base in the aftermath of the earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

U.S. Navy helicopter takes off in front of the National Palace after members of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne, front, landed

In this Jan. 19, 2010 photo, a U.S. Navy helicopter takes off in front of the National Palace after members of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne, front, landed days after the earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

A woman is crushed in a crowd of people waiting for food rations in the aftermath of the Jan. 12 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

In this Jan. 28, 2010 file photo, a woman is crushed in a crowd of people waiting for food rations in the aftermath of the Jan. 12 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

A body is buried in the rubble of a hotel in the aftermath of an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

In this Jan. 15, 2010 file photo, a body is buried in the rubble of a hotel in the aftermath of an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky,File)

People walk down a street amid earthquake rubble in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

In this Jan. 17, 2010 file photo, people walk down a street amid earthquake rubble in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

People gather on the national day of mourning outside the earthquake damaged National Palace in Port-au-Prince

In this Feb. 12, 2010 file photo, people gather on the national day of mourning outside the earthquake damaged National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

A couple looks over hundreds of earthquake victims at the morgue in Port-au-Prince

In this Jan. 14, 2010 file photo, a couple looks over hundreds of earthquake victims at the morgue in Port-au-Prince. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

A Peruvian peacekeeper screams as he tries to control a crowd during food distribution

In this Jan. 19, 2010 file photo, a Peruvian peacekeeper screams as he tries to control a crowd during food distribution for earthquake survivors at a warehouse in Port-au-Prince. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

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Photos: Haiti earthquake, one year ago

Published : Wednesday, 12 Jan 2011, 5:03 AM CST

On Jan. 12, 2010, Haiti was struck by a magnitude-7 earthquake, killing as many as 300,000 residents and leaving over 1.5 million people homeless.

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