Dominican Republic copter crash kills 2 Americans on Haiti mission

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The two people who died Thursday night when their helicopter crashed into a mountain in the Dominican Republic were friends who had left their homes and family in Florida this week to help deliver aid to the people of Haiti, a son of one of the victims said Friday.

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The U.S. military said Wednesday it plans to send 4,000 more troops to Haiti.

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A humanitarian mission to aid Haitian earthquake victims turned into a major embarrassment in Puerto Rico on Friday as pictures emerged of doctors drinking, mugging for cameras and brandishing firearms amid the victims’ suffering.

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Trafficking of children and human organs is occurring in the aftermath of the earthquake that devastated parts of Haiti, killed more than 150,000 people, and left many children orphans, Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said Wednesday.

Doctors, medicine and specialist rescue teams from around the world continued to arrive in Haiti Thursday, as the earthquake-battered country faced up to a humanitarian crisis that officials estimate has claimed more than 100,000 lives.

In patches across the Haitian capital, many earthquake survivors are not waiting for an international clearing and rebuilding effort to begin. They are pulling out shovels, wood and cement to slowly repair and rebuild themselves.

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