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Potent hurricanes visit dirt-poor Haiti; also, a nation with a largely incompetent government; a government that is the equal of broad daylight grand thievery - September 3, 2008
                                      
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A Bolivian peacekeeper, left, stands on an area flooded by heavy rains from Tropical Storm Hanna next to residents in Savan Desole, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. The storm has spawned flooding in Haiti that left 10 people dead in Gonaives, along Haiti's western coast, according to the country's civil protection department.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                                                   
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 Residents wade through an area flooded by Tropical Storm Hanna, in Savan Desole, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. The storm has spawned flooding in Haiti and at least 25 deaths, according to the national civil protection department.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                                                   
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Residents wade through an area flooded by Tropical Storm Hanna, in Savan Desole, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. The storm has spawned flooding in Haiti and at least 25 deaths, according to the national civil protection department.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                                              
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A cameraman (L) is helped while filming on a flooded road outside Gonaives September 3, 2008. Tropical Storm Hanna has caused flooding and mudslides across Haiti killing at least 25 people, including 12 in the low-lying port of Gonaives and three in the nearby town of Gros Morne, authorities said .REUTERS/Stringer (HAITI)
                                           
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A woman tries to salvage a metal bed during flooding from Tropical Storm Hanna, in the L'Artibonite, Haiti, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. The storm has spawned flooding in Haiti that left 10 people dead in Gonaives, along Haiti's western coast, according to the country's civil protection department.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) 
                                  
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A man walks through a rice field during flooding from Tropical Storm Hanna, in L'Artibonite, Haiti, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. The storm has spawned flooding in Haiti that left 10 people dead in Gonaives, along Haiti's western coast, according to the country's civil protection department.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                                                
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U.N. peacekeepers try to cross a over flooded area on a truck to make their way to Gonaives, during flooding from Tropical Storm Hanna, in Savan Desole, Haiti, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. The storm has spawned flooding in Haiti that left 10 people dead in Gonaives, along Haiti's western coast, according to the country's civil protection department.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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People salvage items during flooding from Tropical Storm Hanna, in L'Artibonite, northern Haiti, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. The storm has spawned flooding in Haiti that left 10 people dead in Gonaives, along Haiti's western coast, according to the country's civil protection department.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

                                   

            
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Flood victims sit in a UN truck where they receive treatment at the Argentine UN base after Tropical Storm Hanna hit the area in Gonaives, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. Three storms have killed at least 126 people in Haiti in less than three weeks.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubil
                        
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