The United States has evacuated more than 15,000 U.S. citizens in Haiti since the earthquake of January 12 said Kenneth Merten, U.S. ambassador in Port-au-Prince. This number exceeds the evacuations from Lebanon in 2006, he said, referring to the war between Israel and Hezbollah that hit the suburbs of Beirut. However, requests for evacuation have decreased Mr. Merten noted, many of the evacuees have dual nationalities, Haitian and American.
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