Disaster In Haiti -- News Updates January 29, 2010

US troops load military rations into a truck headed to a local orphanage destroyed in Haiti earthquake. Photo: B. Newhouse-VOA

Haiti Quake Survivors Face Mounting Insecurity -- AFP

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haiti's quake survivors faced rising insecurity Friday with thousands of criminals on the loose and reports of rape and violence plaguing the weak and vulnerable.

Aid is still only trickling in despite a vast international relief effort launched after the January 12 disaster, and hundreds of thousands of homeless people are sheltering in tent camps short of food and medicines.

The deputy head of the UN mission in Haiti, Anthony Banbury, told AFP that desperate survivors waiting in line for aid were sometimes turning violent.

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Haiti Aid Efforts Go Awry in the 'Convoy to Nowhere' -- Wall Street Journal
Surging Prices, Uneven Food Distribution Add to Haiti's Woes -- Voice of America
Lack of crowd control hampers food and water delivery to Haitian quake victims -- Washington Post
Bedlam reigns at food-aid sites -- Toronto Star
Haiti Relief Taking Hold, ‘Urgent’ Phase Ending, UN Says -- Bloomberg
After near riots, US Embassy in Haiti asks Haitians to stay away -- Christian Science Monitor

900,000 living without a roof -- Toronto Star
75 percent of Haiti capital needs rebuilding: UN envoy -- AFP
As Aftershocks Continue, Haiti Ponders Rebuilding -- New York Times

Amid Earthquake Devastation, Miracles In Haiti -- ABC News
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