Toll rises to 82 in Haiti school collapse: official
PETION-VILLE, Haiti (AFP) — The death toll from a school collapse in a Haitian shanty-town rose to 82 after rescue workers uncovered a classroom with 20 dead students and their teacher, officials said on Saturday.
"This morning we found a classroom with 21 inside -- students and their professor -- and they are all dead," said Haitian President Rene Preval at the site of the collapse.
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