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Haiti

Slow road to recovery in quake-ravaged Haiti

  • More than half a million still living in tent camps

  • Disagreements over aid continue two years after quake

  • Creating jobs, building homes among myriad of challenges

By Kevin Gray and Joseph Guyler Delva

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan 10 (Reuters) - If there is hope in Haiti, it can be found in Mertilus Aland.

The 18-year-old eight-grader is flourishing in a new school built after Haiti's devastating earthquake, dreaming of one day becoming a doctor in the violent Haitian slum he calls home.

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