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Earthquake and Aftermath in Haiti

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A woman stands in the rubble of her home the day after an earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. (AP)
A woman stands in the rubble of her home the day after an earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. (AP)

Guests:

Joining us from Port-au-Prince is Ivan Watson, correspondent for CNN.  See CNN's complete coverage.

Joining us from Miami is Carol Rosenberg, foreign correspondent for The Miami Herald, where she's covering the Haiti quake.

Joining us from West Palm Beach, Florida, is Ralph Cheriza, political commentator for radio station WPBR and formerly a journalist and commentator in Haiti.

Joining us from New York is Sir John Holmes, Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs at the United Nations and Emergency Relief Coordinator for Haiti.

With us in our studio is Ophelia Dahl, executive director of Partners in Health, the Boston-based non-profit health care organization she co-founded with Paul Farmer, which has done extensive work in Haiti. See PIH's updates on the Haiti situation.

And from Golden, Colorado, we're joined by Paul Earle, seismologist at the U.S. Geological Survey.

More links:
How to help: WBUR offers links to resources for those who want to help in the Haiti relief effort.  Also see Help Haiti on Twitter.
The BBC News live coverage of the Haiti quake is updated constantly. Here's a BBC video showing an aerial view of the quake damage in Port-au-Prince.  The New York Times news blog, The Lede, has continuous updates on the news from Haiti. 
NPR.org has a gallery of photos from the quake's aftermath.

This program aired on January 14, 2010.

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