Japanese mission to Haiti to be deployed west of capital

Japanese mission to Haiti to be deployed west of capital

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A man walks on a national road in quake-hit Haiti's Gressier, where roadside buildings have shattered, on Jan. 30, 2010. A U.N. official said Feb. 1 that Japan will deploy a Ground Self-Defense Force engineering unit for the Haiti peacekeeping mission in the city of Leogane or Gressier, both located west of the capital Port-au-Prince.

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