January 30, 2010 9:12 AM

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Turks and Caicos patrol picks up Haiti migrant boat

More than one hundred Haitians have been picked up off the Turks and Caicos Islands by marine police after trying to flee quake-stricken Haiti in a rickety boat. The authorities in the British overseas territory said the group was being held in a sports complex rather than being sent straight back. An estimated 1.5 million Haitians are homeless following the 12 January earthquake. The disaster also left as many as two lakh people dead.<br/><br/>Ecuador's President Rafael Correa arrived in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince yesterday with a shipment of medical aid.

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