Haiti death toll continues to climb as quake cleanup begins

Thursday, January 14, 2010 | 12:01 a.m. CST; updated 7:43 p.m. CST, Thursday, January 14, 2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Dazed survivors wandered past dead bodies in rubble-strewn streets Wednesday, crying for loved ones, and rescuers searched collapsed buildings as officials feared the death toll from Haiti’s devastating earthquake could reach into the tens of thousands.

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