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NEW HOUSING FOR HAITI
Lynn Desjardins tells us about a Canadian consortium that has an innovative new design for housing in Haiti. The houses, which are easy to assemble and can withstand heat and earthquakes, will be entered in a competition to provide housing for earthquake victims.
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