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A Haitian child walks inside a flooded church in Gonaives during a visit by U.S. actress Mia Farrow, Sept. 20, 2008. Haiti has been blasted by four major storms since mid-August, killing hundreds and destroying homes and crops.
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A Haitian child walks inside a flooded church in Gonaives during a visit by U.S. actress Mia Farrow, Sept. 20, 2008. Haiti has been blasted by four major storms since mid-August, killing hundreds and destroying homes and crops.
REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
