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Rep. Waters Calls For U.S. To Increase Aid to Haiti

HeadlineOct 04, 2004

In other Haiti news, Congresswoman Maxine Waters is calling on the White House and Congress to increase its disaster aid to Haiti tenfold to at least $500 million to help the country recover from the massive flooding caused by Hurricane Jeanne. The death toll in Haiti has risen to 2,000 and another 900 people remain missing and are presumed dead.

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