<rss><channel><item><title>Tonga hit by Cyclone Rene; no casualties reported</title><link>http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-02-14-tonga-cyclone-rene_N.htm?csp=34&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20UsatodaycomWorld-TopStories%20%28News%20-%20World%20-%20Top%20Stories%29</link><description>Cyclone Rene slammed into Tonga on Monday with powerful winds ripping off roofs, tearing down trees and downing power lines in ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:24:00 +0100</pubDate><source url="http://www.usatoday.com/">usaToday</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid isPermaLink="false">usaToday-769f78557fdd3f2b4e04c33e36350e28</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Flooding</category><georss:point xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">-21.136 -175.216</georss:point></item><item><title>After 1 month of chaos, Haitians help themselves</title><link>http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CB_HAITI_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT</link><description>PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- In the month since the worst disaster in Haitian history, an enormous international aid effort has not provided the people of Marassa 14 with the food, shelter and security they need. 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