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Two years later: Haiti earthquake anniversary

ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, JAN. 8, 2012 AND THEREAFTER - In this Dec. 19, 2011 photo, Gerson Virgile, 31, fixes his shoe as his son plays next to him in a camp for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Two years afterwards, more than half a million Haitians are still homeless, and many who have homes are worse off than before the Jan. 12, 2010 quake, as recovery bogs down under a political leadership that has been preoccupied with elections and their messy aftermath. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, JAN. 8, 2012 AND THEREAFTER - In this Dec. 19, 2011 photo, Gerson Virgile, 31, fixes his shoe as his son plays next to him in a camp for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Two years afterwards, more than half a million Haitians are still homeless, and many who have homes are worse off than before the Jan. 12, 2010 quake, as recovery bogs down under a political leadership that has been preoccupied with elections and their messy aftermath. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

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  • ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, JAN. 8, 2012 AND THEREAFTER - In this Jan. 1, 2012 photo, Mamoune Destin, 33, wife of Meristin Florival, stands in their tent at the Beaubin camp for people displaced by the devastating 2010 earthquake in Petionville, Haiti. Two years afterwards, more than half a million Haitians are still homeless, and many who have homes are worse off than before the Jan. 12, 2010 quake, as recovery bogs down under a political leadership that has been preoccupied with elections and their messy aftermath. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
  • In this Jan. 4, 2012 photo, Pirist Dugard, 31, places rock on a tarp covering his tent at a camp set up for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake, in what used to be an airstrip in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Two years afterwards, more than half a million Haitians are still homeless, and many who have homes are worse off than before the Jan. 12, 2010 quake, as recovery bogs down under a political leadership that has been preoccupied with elections and their messy aftermath. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
  • In this Jan. 5, 2012 photo, Meristin Florival, a mechanic, sits in his tent at the Beaubin camp for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake in Petionville, Haiti. Two years afterwards, more than half a million Haitians are still homeless, and many who have homes are worse off than before the Jan. 12, 2010 quake, as recovery bogs down under a political leadership that has been preoccupied with elections and their messy aftermath. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
  • People stand in line looking for jobs during the inauguration of the national referral and teaching hospital, which is still under construction in Mirebalais, Haiti, Tuesday Jan. 10, 2012. As the hemisphere's poorest country marks the second anniversary of the earthquake that killed some 300,000 people, only about half of the $4.6 billion in promised aid has been spent, half a million people are still living in crowded camps and only four of the 10 largest projects funded by international donors have broken ground. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
  • ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, JAN. 8, 2012 AND THEREAFTER - In this Dec. 19, 2011 photo, Gerson Virgile, 31, fixes his shoe as his son plays next to him in a camp for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Two years afterwards, more than half a million Haitians are still homeless, and many who have homes are worse off than before the Jan. 12, 2010 quake, as recovery bogs down under a political leadership that has been preoccupied with elections and their messy aftermath. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
  • In this Jan. 5, 2012 photo, Meristin Florival, a mechanic, center, stands with friends as they look at portraits of loved ones in the Beaubin camp for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake in Petionville, Haiti. Two years afterwards, more than half a million Haitians are still homeless, and many who have homes are worse off than before the Jan. 12, 2010 quake, as recovery bogs down under a political leadership that has been preoccupied with elections and their messy aftermath. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
  • FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011 file photo, a man carries a portrait of President Michel Martelly next to the earthquake-damaged presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Two years afterwards, more than half a million Haitians are still homeless, and many who have homes are worse off than before the Jan. 12, 2010 quake, as recovery bogs down under a political leadership that has been preoccupied with elections and their messy aftermath. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
  • In this picture taken on Jan. 9, 2012, workers stand at the construction site of homes being built for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. As the hemisphere's poorest country marks the second anniversary of the earthquake that killed some 300,000 people, only about half of the $4.6 billion in promised aid has been spent, half a million people are still living in crowded camps and only four of the 10 largest projects funded by international donors have broken ground. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
  • In this picture taken on Jan. 7, 2012, a youth walks inside the earthquake damaged Cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. As the hemisphere's poorest country marks the second anniversary of the earthquake that killed some 300,000 people, only about half of the $4.6 billion in promised aid has been spent, half a million people are still living in crowded camps and only four of the 10 largest projects funded by international donors have broken ground. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
  • In this picture taken on Jan. 9, 2012, workers lay cement at the construction site for a waste water treatment plant north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. As the hemisphere's poorest country marks the second anniversary of the earthquake that killed some 300,000 people, only about half of the $4.6 billion in promised aid has been spent, half a million people are still living in crowded camps and only four of the 10 largest projects funded by international donors have broken ground. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
  • In this picture taken on Jan. 8, 2012, a Voodoo practitioner works under a building that was damaged by the 2010 earthquake in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. As the hemisphere's poorest country marks the second anniversary of the earthquake that killed some 300,000 people, only about half of the $4.6 billion in promised aid has been spent, half a million people are still living in crowded camps and only four of the 10 largest projects funded by international donors have broken ground. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
  • ** CORRECTS TO REMOVE THE TERM 'EVICT' AND CLARIFY WHY PEOPLE MOVED FROM THE CAMP ** In this Jan. 3, 2012 photo, a young woman packs her belongings as she watches officials approach at a camp for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake, at Boyer Park in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The people who left the camp received one year's worth of rent and agreed to leave. Two years after the 2010 earthquake, more than half a million Haitians are still homeless, and many who have homes are worse off than before the Jan. 12, 2010 quake, as recovery bogs down under a political leadership that has been preoccupied with elections and their messy aftermath. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
  • ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, JAN. 8, 2012 AND THEREAFTER - In this Jan. 4, 2012 photo, a girl walks past an abandoned helicopter at a camp set up for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake, in what used to be an airstrip in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Two years afterwards, more than half a million Haitians are still homeless, and many who have homes are worse off than before the Jan. 12, 2010 quake, as recovery bogs down under a political leadership that has been preoccupied with elections and their messy aftermath. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

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