Japan's troops rescue Haiti's artworks

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Men carry out a painting on Feb. 26, 2010, from the collapsed rubble of a Haitian museum that was destroyed by the Jan. 12 earthquake in Port-Au-Prince. Japan's Ground Self-Defense Forces cooperated with workers from other countries to recover 90 percent of the museum's artworks by its fifth day of rescue work.

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