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He told the AFP news agency he immediately ran home to try to find his wife and sons.

According to Reuters news agency, which has seen US proposals handed to European officials last week as well as subsequent counter-proposals from Europe and Ukraine, there are significant disparities between them.

Sources in the Qatar talks told Reuters news agency that the outcome of the meetings were almost derailed by "technical" issues.

Esquerre told the AFP news agency it was a shame for the victims that her account had become so prominent, "because it steals their limelight a little".

To clamp down those numbers, the Dominican Republic has deported more than 80,000 people to Haiti in the first three months of this year, according to AFP news agency.