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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the ceremony commemorating the 101 UN personnel that perished in Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, March 9, 2010. UN Holds Memorial for Staff Killed in Haiti Earthquake

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the ceremony commemorating the 101 UN personnel that perished in Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, March 9, 2010.

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Magnitude: 7.0
Epicenter: 15 km SW of Haiti´s capital Port-au-Prince
Time: 4:53 PM local time (2153 GMT)
Tsunami Warning: ruled out destructive threat
Backgrounder: UN Personnel Fallen in Peace Mission
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