Haiti Goverment Dont Know Earthquake Death Count

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This looks really bad, Rene Preval tole the press, 270,000 Haitian people died in the Haitian earthquake.

Then Marie-Laurence Jocelyn Lassegue, haiti's communications minister, tells the press 230,000 Haitian people died in the Haitian earthquake.

Then...

"A press officer withdrew the statement, saying there was an error, but then reissued it within minutes.

Then...

"Later Wednesday, the ministry said there was a typo in the figure -- the number should have read 170,000."

How many people died in the Haiti Earthquake?

Read this article for more info:

Haiti's differing death counts add to confusion
google.com/hostednews/ap/article/A...

Haiti Earthquake News, February 18 2010, 2:32 PM

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Do you think that the Haitian government should have an official census of the dead? What is more important, counting... read more >
Prefesseur Jeanmary Salvant, 18-Feb-10 3:15 pm
The count will never be accurate but they should all agree on one count read more >
Smith, 18-Feb-10 5:04 pm

 

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