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Search team frees woman after earthquake in Haiti

A team of French firefighters have rescued a woman from the rubble of a hotel in Haiti where she had been trapped for two days.

Sarla Chand, from New Jersey was rescued from the wreckage of the Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince.

Bottlenecks and infrastructure damage have been holding up aid efforts in Haiti, where Tuesday's earthquake has left as many as 45,000-50,000 dead.

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