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150,000 Bodies Buried in Haiti; Death Toll Could Top 300,000

Democracy Now! AlterNet: PEEKJanuary 25, 2010.

Haiti Communications Minister: "Nobody knows how many bodies are buried in the rubble."

Fox News Resorts to Homophobic Bathroom Jokes in Retaliation For Media Matters' Report on Fox Haiti Coverage

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. January 22, 2010.

When Media Matters issued a report detailing the scant coverage Fox News programs gave the Haiti earthquake, Fox host Greg Gutfeld went homophobic on the watchdog group.

For United Nations, Haiti Quake "One Of Most Tragic, Horrible Tragedies In History of U.N. Peacekeeping"

Thalif Deen, IPS News. January 14, 2010.

The devastating earthquake could turn out to be a veritable disaster for the U.N., which has over 9,000 personnel scattered throughout the country.

[Video] Limbaugh: Obama Using Haiti to Court the "Light-skinned and Dark-skinned Black Community" in U.S.

Staff, Media Matters for America AlterNet: Politics. January 14, 2010.

With 24 hours of the earthquake in Haiti, Limbaugh used the tragedy stoke racial resentment against the president.

Haitian Novelist Edwidge Danticat: Earthquake "Like the Abyss of Long, Painful History of Natural and Political Disasters"

Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Democracy Now!. January 13, 2010.

Haiti has been devastated by a massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake. The extent of the disaster is still unknown, but there are fears that tens of thousands of people have died.