The U.N.Secretary General says the facts are "grim" in Haiti, after a 7.0 earthquake rocked the Caribbean nation Tuesday.

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(NO TRANSCRIPTS) The intensity of the quake, which rocked the city for more than a minute, caught many off guard.

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in the third part. "We let our hair down and rocked as much as we were able and swung as much as we were able."

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Georgia has been rocked in recent weeks by opposition demands for Mr.Saakashvili's resignation.

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Somaliland authorities blame al-Shabab for October 2008 suicide bombings that rocked its capital city and tarnished its image as a pocket of peace and stability in the region.

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Two blasts also rocked Suwayra, southeast of Baghdad.

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