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China expresses sympathy after Haiti strong quake

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-01-13 16:19
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BEIJING: The Chinese government expressed deep sympathy after a strong earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday local time, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said here Wednesday.

A magnitude-7.0 earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday, collapsing a hospital and damaging government buildings in its capital city of Port-au-Prince.