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In Haiti, the long dirt-poor Haitians' lives after torrential rains - August 30, 2003

                                      
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Women carry water in buckets in St. Marc after torrential rains burst river banks, sweeping away at least eight people die and destroying dozens of flimsy riverside shacks in this west-coast city in Haiti, on Saturday Aug. 30, 2003.( AP Photo/ Daniel Morel)
                                                
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A flood victim stands outside the remains of her house in St. Marc after torrential rains burst river banks, sweeping away at least eight people and destroying dozens of flimsy riverside shacks in this west-coast city of Haiti on Saturday Aug. 30, 2003.( AP Photo/ Daniel Morel)
                                       
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Flood victims stand outsidethe remains of thier house in St. Marc after torrential rains burst river banks, sweeping away at least eight people and destroying dozens of flimsy riverside shacks in this west-coast city in Haiti Saturday Aug. 30, 2003.( AP Photo/ Daniel Morel)
                                                                
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Dieula Maxime, 80,stands inside her house in St. Marc after torrential rains burst river banks, sweeping away at least eight people and destroying dozens of flimsy riverside shacks in this west-coast city of Haiti on Saturday Aug. 30, 2003.( AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                           

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Junie Louis Pierre, 33, stands in the remains of her house in St. Marc after torrential rains burst river banks, sweeping away at least eight people and destroying dozens of flimsy riverside shacks in this west-coast city of Haiti on Saturday Aug. 30, 2003.( AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                        
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