Aftershock Renews Fears in Haiti and Supplies Trickle In

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PORT-AU-PRINCE -- A frightening new aftershock Wednesday forced more earthquake survivors to live on the capital's streets or sent them fleeing to perhaps even worse conditions in the countryside.

A flotilla of rescue vessels, led by the U.S. hospital ship Comfort, converged on Port-au-Prince. They are helping fill gaps in still-lagging global efforts to bring water, food and medical help to hundreds of thousands of people who are surviving in makeshift tents or simply on blankets or plastic sheets under the tropical sun.

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Aftershock Renews Fears in Haiti and Supplies Trickle In

With more than 1,000 dead pulled from the rubble of the Croix des Missions section of this earthquake-ravaged city, Haitians sleep in rickety homes and growing tent cities, and roam the streets looking for food, water and work....

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