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Haitian evacuees wait to board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 28, 2010. More than 100 Haitians were evacuated to a transition center in Orlando, Fla. U.S. Defense Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development are conducting the operation to provide aid and relief to Haitian citizens.

LEAVING HAITI

Haitian evacuees wait to board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 28, 2010. More than 100 Haitians were evacuated to a transition center in Orlando, Fla. U.S. Defense Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development are conducting the operation to provide aid and relief to Haitian citizens.

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