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The major news agencies and social media sites are pulling out all
the stops to cover the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Here are
some places to follow the latest developments online: •
The AP, in addition to its regular news coverage, has launched
Facebook and Twitter feeds with continual updates. •
The New York Times is posting updates on the quake to its "The
Lede" blog here. • CNN coverage is here and citizen
journalism iReport posts are here . • Reuters coverage
here. • BBC coverage here. • Fox News
coverage here. • ABC News coverage here. •
Latest Haiti earthquake videos on YouTube. • The LA
Times set up a Twitter feed on t...
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