Disaster In Haiti -- News Updates February 4, 2010

As many as 50,000 Haitians sleep in this earthquake survivor camp in the Del Mas area in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 21, 2010. It has grown by thousands since the U.S. Army 82nd Division's 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Squadron started distributing food and water here last week. DoD photo by Fred W. Baker III

Foreign Food Aid Trickles Into Haiti's Black Market -- New York Times/Reuters

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Blocks from where U.S. and U.N. soldiers distribute sacks of rice to Haitian women in earthquake-shattered Port-au-Prince, street vendors are openly selling rice by the cup from bags stamped with U.S. flags.

In the early days after the January 12 earthquake that killed up to 200,000 people and left more than a million homeless, food handouts were often chaotic in the capital. On a couple of occasions, U.N. soldiers fired tear gas into hungry crowds jostling for a limited amount of goods.

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More News On Haiti

Haiti Earthquake (Full Coverage) -- Yahoo News
Full Coverage from CBS News -- CBS News
Haiti Earthquake (Full Coverage) -- BBC
Haiti earthquake updates -- The Telegraph
Live: Haiti earthquake - latest updates -- Times Online
Haiti Updates -- The Guardian
Haiti – All coverage -- Christian Science Monitor

Haiti's government struggles for control amid confusion -- USA Today
Haiti death toll tops 200,000 as aid anger mounts -- Yahoo News/AFP
Protests, frustration at Haiti aid bottlenecks -- AP
Pace of giving slows a bit for Haiti relief effort -- Miami Herald

Haitian government worries temporary housing may become permanent slums -- McClatchy News
3 Weeks After Quake, Shelter A Main Concern In Haiti (Audio) -- NPR
Over 480,000 People Leave Haiti's Capital Since Earthquake -- Bernama

Haiti: Trafficking the children -- BBC
Quake Exposes Haiti's 'Orphan' Issue -- Wall Street Journal
Haiti parents 'gave away children' -- Press Association
U.S., Haiti holding talks on detained missionaries -- Reuters

Amputees, 'child slaves' and fine wines, the complete Haiti -- CBC News
The Technologically Savvy Lend a Hand in Haiti -- New York Times
A Glimpse of Haiti Before the Catastrophe -- The Lede/New York Times
Rebuilding a system that was already broken -- Globe And Mail
Ex-President Clinton returning to Haiti -- Boston.com
Giving Haiti a Chance: How You Can Help -- Bill Clinton, Huffington Post