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Head of UN Haiti mission found dead
[Maghrebia] The body of the UN mission chief to Haiti, veteran Tunisian diplomat Hedi Annabi, was found on Saturday (January 16th) in the rubble of the UN's Port-au-Prince headquarters, the United Nations confirmed in a statement. Last Thursday, two days after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake collapsed the UN mission offices, Annabi's 38-year old bodyguard was pulled out alive and uninjured. "The United Nations was his life and he ranked amongst its most dedicated and committed sons," UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said about Annabi. "He was passionate about its mission and its people. He gave of himself fully -- with energy, discipline and great bravery," Ban added. In related news, two Moroccan planes carrying 24 tonnes of medical and pharmaceutical supplies for Haitian quake victims left from Kénitra on Saturday, MAP reported. Posted by: Fred 2010-01-18 |
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