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Recession
-What is the current event that affected the world the most in 2009?

One of the biggest events that happening right now is the recession. It is affecting the whole world, people and companies are losing money. The recession started in 2007 and is still continuing. It affects the whole world and has caused a financial crisis to everyone. Since the Great Depression it has been the greatest financial crisis yet. Many people are depending on credit so when the bill came they couldn't pay off the debt that they were now in, though in the mean time the percentage of people who didn't have jobs continued to go up. Oil prices went up, people lost jobs, and bought things they couldn't afford.

4 Canadians confirmed dead 1415 Canadians missing 20-hour period, government crews had removed 7,000 corpses from the streets and morgues and buried them in mass graves. 7.0 magnitude quake that hit the country this week. Many won't return to their homes, fearing that continuing aftershocks will knock down already weakened structures. Thousands of homes, including the National Palace, have been destroyed or damaged and at least 300,000 people are estimated to be homeless. The runways at the airport are clear but because of a lack of space and fuel, aid planes are being forced to wait for hours to land. The Haitian government said there was no room on ramps for planes to unload their cargo and that some planes on the ground didn't have enough fuel to leave. Tuesday's earthquake has left as many as 50,000-100,000 people dead.

On Tuesday January, 12th Haiti, a country that lays beside the Dominican Republic, was hit by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated everyone there. In only a 20-hour period crews had removed 7,000 corpses from the streets, but 50,000-100,000 people are thought to be dead and 1415 Canadians have been lost in this catastrophe. Those who are still alive are dealing with being homeless and some won’t go back to there homes because they are scared about aftershocks, though they are still living they have lost family and have to see everything destroyed around them. With at least 300,000 people homeless and hurt other countries want to help Haiti, but when the cargo planes get to the airport they have to wait in the air for hours because some planes on the ground don’t have enough fuel to leave the ground. This terrible earthquake didn’t just make an affect to people in Haiti, but to people all around the world, with 4 Canadians confirmed dead families are facing the consequence of this convulsion of the earth.

A month after the Haiti earthquake devastated Port au Prince the Carribean the people are still suffering. 200,000 people died and the pe,.ople that did survived suffered without food and without family. Now a month later they mourn for the ones that past. Religious leaders gathered to pay respect for the ones that lost their lives in the earthquake. Gospel music filled the air and made the sorrow a bit less. With thousands dead and millions mourning, those alive still lack water and food to survive through this devastating time. A month after people in Port au Prince still suffer the consequences of the earthquake in Haiti.