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Haiti Earthquake Recovery
Haiti Earthquake Recovery
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January 12, 2013, 4:15 PM
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Haiti remembers the more than 300,000 people who died when a massive earthquake shook the poor island country in 2010. Rebuilding has been slow.
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Haiti The Runner
In this Jan. 7, 2013 photo, Astrel Clovis, a 42-year-old marathon runner, trains in the early morning in Petionville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Like virtually all Haitians in the capital of 3 million, the runner's life was disrupted by the catastrophic earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010. But a month later he was back on the streets, resuming his routine along with the rest of the country. Six days a week, the rail-thin athlete sets off at daybreak. Clovis has run the hills and streets of Port-au-Prince for the past 10 years. He decided to take the sport seriously after he entered a race in downtown Port-au-Prince on a whim - and won. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery
Haiti The Runner
In this Jan. 7, 2013 photo, Astrel Clovis, a 42-year-old marathon runner, stretches his leg muscles outside his home in Petionville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Like virtually all Haitians in the capital of 3 million, the runner's life was disrupted by the catastrophic earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010. Before the quake, he shared a three-bedroom house with his aunt and cousins, and dreamed of running his first marathon. The quake destroyed that house, along with about 100,000 homes across the capital and southern Haiti. The government put the death toll at 316,000, but no one knows how many people died. Clovis was lucky. He didn't lose any relatives, or close friends - or his marathon dreams. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery
Haiti The Runner
In this Jan. 7, 2013 photo, Astrel Clovis, a 42-year-old marathon runner, stretches his leg muscles outside his home in Petionville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Like virtually all Haitians in the capital of 3 million, the runner's life was disrupted by the catastrophic earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010. But a month later he was back on the streets, resuming his routine along with the rest of the country. Six days a week, the rail-thin athlete sets off at daybreak. Clovis has run the hills and streets of Port-au-Prince for the past 10 years. He decided to take the sport seriously after he entered a race in downtown Port-au-Prince on a whim - and won. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery
Michel Martelly, Bill Clinton, Sophia Martelly
Haiti's President Michel Martelly, left, UN special envoy to Haiti and former President Bill Clinton, center ,and Haiti's first lady Sophia Martelly, right center, attend a memorial service for victims of the 2010 earthquake, at Titanyen, a mass burial site north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. Haitians recalled the tens of thousands of people who lost their lives in a devastating earthquake three years ago, marking the disaster's anniversary Saturday with a simple ceremony. Haiti's previous presidential administration said 316,000 people were killed but no one really knows how many died. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery
Haiti Earthquake Anniversary
Edner Gue, right, and Labon Florestal work to clean up the earthquake damaged Grande College Auguste Comte de Petionville, in their neighborhood of Petionville, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. The director of the elementary and high school is paying workers to clean up his school and plans to open classes even if the government does not rebuild it. On Saturday, Haiti will mark the 3rd anniversary of the earthquake that officials say killed more than 300,000 people and displaced more than a million others. The disaster is regarded as one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery
Haiti Earthquake Anniversary
In this picture taken Jan. 8, 2013, a cross memorializing the victims of the 2010 earthquake who are buried at the spot in mass graves is silhouetted against the setting sun in Titanyen, north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Saturday marks the third anniversary of the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake that destroyed an estimated 100,000 homes across the capital and southern Haiti, including some of the country's most iconic structures. The government put the death toll at 316,000, but no one really knows how many people died. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery
Haiti Earthquake Anniversary
Two Haitian vendors take shelter from the heat in the shell of a building damaged by the 2010 earthquake in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Saturday marks the third anniversary of the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake that destroyed an estimated 100,000 homes across the capital and southern Haiti, including some of the country's most iconic structures. The government put the death toll at 316,000, but no one really knows how many people died. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery
Haiti Earthquake Anniversary
Residents of the Jean-Marie Vincent camp for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake, wait for customers outside their tent where they have set up a stand to sell rice, oil and canned goods, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Saturday marks the third anniversary of the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake that destroyed an estimated 100,000 homes across the capital and southern Haiti, including some of the country's most iconic structures. There are nearly 360,000 people still living in the encampments that sprouted throughout the city after the earthquake. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery
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