Disaster In Haiti -- News Updates January 25, 2010

Supplies sit at the airport, with authorities unable to send it out to people who need it

Aid Piling Up At UN's 'Cold Beer' Compound As Red Tape Keeps Aid From Desperate Haitians - While UN Staff Have Wi-Fi And A Bar -- The Daily Mail

It is a tale of two cities. One has ice-cold beers, internet access, thousands of men and billions of dollars’ worth of gleaming machinery, together with piles of food, blankets, generators and other aid relief from around the globe.

This is the heavily fortified US-controlled Port-au-Prince airport and neighbouring United Nations compound.

The other is the devastated city of Port-au-Prince, where the stench of death fills the air and starving people are in utter despair, still in need of the basic necessities of food, water, shelter and medical care.

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More News On The Disaster In Haiti

Haiti Earthquake (Full Coverage) -- Yahoo News
Latest Updates on the Crisis in Haiti -- The Lede/New York Times
Full Coverage from CBS News -- CBS News
Haiti Earthquake (Full Coverage) -- BBC
Haiti earthquake: News updates -- CNN
Haiti earthquake updates -- The Telegraph
Live: Haiti earthquake - latest updates -- Times Online
Haiti Updates -- The Guardian
Haiti – All coverage -- Christian Science Monitor

Haitian quake toll could hit 300,000 -- The Age
Haiti counts 150,000 quake victims, toll still rising -- Sydney Morning Herald
Bodies pile up as Haiti begs for aid -- Yahoo News/AFP
Urgent need for tent cities for Haitian refugees -- Yahoo News/AP
Haitians Await Shelter in Makeshift Camps -- Washington Post
Aid groups seek out tents, sites for refugee camps as Haitians flow out of wrecked capital -- Canadian Press
On Street Tracing Haiti’s Pain, Survival Goes On -- New York Times
Night Draws Haitians Into the Streets -- Los Angeles Times
Haiti avoids disease outbreak but threat looms -- Alertnet
As search and rescue winds down, focus turns to rebuilding -- Miami Herald
Haitian radio station becomes post-quake lifeline -- CNN
With Archbishop's Death, Catholic Church is Hard-Pressed to Heal Haiti -- Time Magazine

Haiti relief lacks leadership, says Italian expert -- BBC
Italy disaster expert slams U.S. response to Haiti -- Reuters
Can America's Top Gun in Haiti Keep the Relief Effort in Order? -- Time Magazine

Patiently, US soldiers struggle to help Haiti rebuild -- Christian Science Monitor
U.S. Soldiers Play Vital Role in Haitian Shantytown -- Washington Post
In Haiti, U.S. Troops Embrace New Role -- Los Angeles Times
U.S., Brazilian Troops Hand Out Aid In Haiti Slum -- New York Times/Reuters
In Haiti, U.S. troops embrace a new role -- L.A. Times

Aid donors in Montreal to look beyond Haiti relief -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Haiti's PM in Canada for International Meeting on Earthquake Recovery -- Voice of America

Foreign Policy: Dispatch From Haiti -- NPR
Clinton for Haiti Czar? -- Wall Street Journal opinion
Should U.S. Let More Haitians Immigrate? -- Washington Post
The Upside of Yankee Imperialism in Haiti -- Washington Times editorial