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Haitian children arrive in Frankfurt for adoption

Sixty Haitian children have arrived in Germany where they will be adopted some two weeks after the earthquake that devastated their country.

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ZDF telethon raises more than €20 million for Haiti

Germans donated more than €20 million during a televised ZDF fundraiser for relief efforts in Haiti following the disastrous earthquake that hit the Caribbean country.

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Woman pulled from Haitian hotel alive thanks to text message

A German woman has been freed from the rubble of a Port-au-Prince hotel four days after the devastating earthquake that plunged the city into chaos. Rescuers found her thanks to a mobile phone text she sent to her husband.

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Germany increases aid to Haiti, confirms 1 dead, 30 missing

The German government has increased aid money for Haiti to €7.5 million, while German medics arrived in the stricken country on Sunday to aid in the recovery effort after making their way overland from the Dominican Republic.

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German mobile hospital heads for Haiti

A German plane carrying a mobile hospital, three all-wheel-drive vehicles and 200 crates of medical supplies, as well as several volunteers and a doctor, left for Haiti on Saturday, according to the German Red Cross (DRK).

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Germany offers €1 million in aid to Haiti

Germany has offered €1 million in emergency aid to help the victims of a devastating earthquake in Haiti, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said on Thursday.