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Earthquake-rattled Haitians at US colleges worry: stay in school or return to homeland?

Associated Press

February 6, 2010

For hundreds of Haitian college students in the United States, the past few weeks have been a torment as they've viewed the devastation from afar, waiting to learn if their relatives in Haiti survived and how they're coping. Some who may have considered leaving school to return home are daunted by the conditions in Haiti. And some have heard from their families that they should stay where it's safe and where they can do the one thing that could make a difference in the future - get an education.

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