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January 13, 2010 -- Updated 1035 GMT (1835 HKT)
Haitians wait for daylight for full look at quake devastation

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
> Authorities bracing for major casualties after Haiti earthquake
> The 7.0-magnitude quake struck near capital Port-au-Prince shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday
> No major damage reported at Haiti airport; U.S. to start sending aid on Wednesday
> Twitter, YouTube being used to report aftermath of quake

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Carel Pedre, a radio and television host, was driving home from work when the earth began convulsing. He thought he had been struck by another vehicle, until he saw people all around him falling to the ground.

Pedre's biggest fear now is that his homeland is not equipped to deal with a disaster of this magnitude.

He recalled a school collapse in November 2008 that killed more than 90 people -- a disaster authorities blamed on poor construction. That was one school, and the response was inadequate and tardy, he said.

Now, he said, it's every building on the block.


[Tech]
By Jeanne Meserve and Mike M. Ahlers, CNN
January 13, 2010 -- Updated 1106 GMT (1906 HKT)
Google reports China-based attack, says pullout possible

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
> Google says an attack originating from China targeted its infrastructure
> The attack occurred last month and targeted Chinese human rights activists, the company said
> Google says 20 other companies were also targeted

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Google said Tuesday the company and at least 20 others were victims of a "highly sophisticated and targeted attack" originating in China in mid-December, evidently to gain access to the e-mail accounts of Chinese human rights activists.

"Based on our investigation to date we believe their attack did not achieve that objective," according to a statement by David Drummond, senior vice president of corporate development and chief legal officer for Google, operator of the most popular Internet search engine.

Drummond said that as a result of the attacks, Google has decided it is no longer willing to consider censorship of its Google site in China and may have to shut down its site and its offices in that nation.

"These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered -- combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the Web -- have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China," Drummond wrote.

"We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all.

"We recognize that this may well mean having to shut down Google.cn, and potentially our offices in China," Drummond's statement reads.

A Google spokesman said the targeted human rights activists were in the United States, Europe and China.

Efforts by CNN to reach the Chinese Embassy in Washington Tuesday evening were not successful.

Google, perhaps best known for its search engine, also provides other computer services, including e-mail, online mapping and social networking.