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Rescuers race to find Haiti quake survivors as death toll hits 1,297

The death toll from a devastating earthquake in Haiti rose to 1,297 on Sunday as neighbouring countries rushed to send aid and rescuers scrambled to find survivors buried beneath the rubble before a tropical storm hits.

The 7.2-magnitude quake on Saturday destroyed thousands of homes and buildings in a Caribbean nation which is still clawing its way back from another major temblor years ago and is reeling from the assassination of its president last month...

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