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Haiti rescue team back to Beijing

By Huo Yongzhe (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-01-27 08:16
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Beijing: Sixty-eight members of China International Search and Rescue Team arrived in the Capital Airport at 6:55 am on January 27 following 12 days rescues mission in the devastated Port-au-Prince.

The team, first arrived Asian team in Haiti, found 15 victim bodies and provided medical services to more than 2,500 Haitians.

The mission is the longest trip the team ever took and it is first time that Chinese team launched closed cooperation with those of other countries.