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| A man has been pulled alive from the rubble in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince - two weeks after the earthquake that destroyed the city. | |
| US troops rescued the man from the ruins of a building in the centre of the city, and he was taken to hospital. | US troops rescued the man from the ruins of a building in the centre of the city, and he was taken to hospital. |
| It is not yet clear if he became trapped in the initial quake, or during one of the many aftershocks since then. | |
| The rescue comes 14 days after the 7.0-magnitude quake, which killed as many as 200,000 people. | The rescue comes 14 days after the 7.0-magnitude quake, which killed as many as 200,000 people. |
| A US Army specialist at the scene of the rescue told the AFP news agency it was possible the man had been trapped since the 12 January tremor. | A US Army specialist at the scene of the rescue told the AFP news agency it was possible the man had been trapped since the 12 January tremor. |
| "We don't know if he was there from the beginning or in one of the aftershocks he may have gone under," said the specialist, Andrew Pourak. | "We don't know if he was there from the beginning or in one of the aftershocks he may have gone under," said the specialist, Andrew Pourak. |
| HAITI'S REMARKABLE SURVIVORS Emmannuel Buso, 21 - rescued after 10 daysMarie Carida, 84 - saved after 10 daysMendji Bahina Sanon, 11 - trapped for eight daysLozama Hotteline, 25 - pulled out after seven daysElisabeth Joassaint, 15 days - buried for seven days, half her lifeEna Zizi, 69 - rescued after seven days class="" href="/2/hi/americas/8459090.stm">Haiti quake: Survivors' stories | |
| Haiti has been rattled by at least 50 tremors since the original quake. | |
| According to Reuters news agency, the survivor was a 35-year-old man who was pulled from the ruins covered in dust and wearing only underpants. | |
| He was taken for medical treatment but is not thought to be seriously injured. | |
| On Saturday, Haiti's government declared the search and rescue phase for survivors over. | On Saturday, Haiti's government declared the search and rescue phase for survivors over. |
| It is estimated more than 130 people have been pulled alive from the rubble in the Haitian capital since the quake. | It is estimated more than 130 people have been pulled alive from the rubble in the Haitian capital since the quake. |
| Earlier, Haitian President Rene Preval made an urgent appeal for more tents to house up to a million people left homeless by the tremor. | |
| Mr Preval said 200,000 tents were needed before the expected start of the rainy season in May. | |
| His call came as donor nations and organisations met in Montreal, Canada, to assess the aid effort. | |
| Mr Preval, who lost his house in the quake, is planning to move into a tent on the lawn of the destroyed National Palace in the centre of the capital. | |
| The Haitian government wants to relocate some 400,000 people, currently in makeshift camps across the capital, to temporary tent villages outside the city. | |
| But aid workers warned that if the camps were too big they could pose security problems, including robberies, rapes and gang activities. | |
| Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she "resented" criticism of American assistance to Haiti. | |
| She pinpointed some media outlets which had "either misunderstood or deliberately misconstrued what was a civilian and military response". |