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KATHMANDU, 6. april 2010 (IRIN): Experts in Nepal have expressed concern over levels of earthquake preparedness after the recent disaster in Haiti.

– I beg Nepal not to wait for that terrifying moment. The more preparations we make now, the more Nepalis will survive and the faster Nepal will recover, John Galetzka, a field geologist at the California Institute of Technology, told IRIN.

– The more I read about what happened in Haiti, the more concerned I become, Wendy Cue, head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Kathmandu, said.

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