Disaster In Haiti -- News Updates February 1, 2010

LEAVING HAITI - Haitian evacuees wait to board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 28, 2010. More than 100 Haitians were evacuated to a transition center in Orlando, Fla. U.S. Defense Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development are conducting the operation to provide aid and relief to Haitian citizens. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster

As Food Distribution Improves, Haitians Want U.S To 'Take Over' -- Washington Post

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- International relief organizations backed by American soldiers delivered hundreds of tons of rice to homeless residents of the Haitian capital Sunday, laboring to ease a food shortage that has left countless thousands struggling to find enough to eat.

But even as food-aid workers enjoyed their most successful day since the Jan. 12 earthquake, the increasingly prominent role of U.S. troops and civilians in the capital is creating high expectations that the Obama administration is struggling to contain.

The needs are extraordinary, and the common refrain is that the Americans will provide.

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Haiti Updates -- The Guardian
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Massive food distribution begins in quake-ravaged Haitian capital -- CNN
Food distributed to women in Haiti's capital -- BBC
Help slow to reach some Haitian victims -- Globe And Mail
New Program For Food Aid In Haiti Targets Women -- NPR
Coupon System Under Way in Haiti (Photos) -- New York Times
UN sets up Haiti food distribution sites as violence rises -- National Post
U.S. military will resume flying Haitian earthquake victims to Florida -- Washington Post
US Military to Resume Medical Evacuation Flights from Haiti -- Voice of America
U.S Is to Resume Haitian Evacuations -- Wall Street Journal
Who's to Blame for Suspending Haitian Medevac Flights? -- Time Magazine
Thinking About a New Haiti -- New York Times editorial