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| Haiti quake rescue declared over | |
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| The United Nations says Haiti's government has declared the search and rescue phase for survivors of the earthquake over. | The United Nations says Haiti's government has declared the search and rescue phase for survivors of the earthquake over. |
| The announcement came a day after two people, an 84-year-old woman and a 21-year-old man, were pulled alive from the rubble in Port-au-Prince. | The announcement came a day after two people, an 84-year-old woman and a 21-year-old man, were pulled alive from the rubble in Port-au-Prince. |
| The UN spokeswoman Elizabeth Byrs says 132 people have been rescued by international search teams. | The UN spokeswoman Elizabeth Byrs says 132 people have been rescued by international search teams. |
| On Friday the official government death toll from the quake rose to 110,000. | On Friday the official government death toll from the quake rose to 110,000. |
| Ms Byrs said humanitarian relief efforts were still being scaled up in Port-au-Prince, as well as in the towns of Jacmel, Leogane and other areas affected by the earthquake. | |
| At least 75,000 bodies have so far been buried in mass graves, Haiti's government has said. Many more remain uncollected in the streets. | |
| An estimated 1.5 million people were left homeless by the 7.0-magnitude quake, which some have estimated has killed as many as 200,000 people. |