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Haiti security surge grows as looters lay waste to cityPort-Au-Prince (AFP) Jan 18, 2010 US Marines surged in to help the Haiti relief effort on Monday, but lawlessness pervaded with looters raiding shops in the quake-hit capital as rescue workers struggled to save lives and stave off disease. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon requested 3,500 more troops and police to boost his battered mission that had been trying to bring stability to the dysfunctional Caribbean state even before disaster struck. Six days after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake brought devastation on an unprecedented scale, the massive international relief effort spearheaded by the US military was still failing to bring security to a despairing populace. ... read more |
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US navy ship brings water to HaitiAboard The Uss Carl Vinson (AFP) Jan 18, 2010 The crew of a US aircraft carrier, which is stationed off the coast of Haiti, is working to supply victims of last week's earthquake with the most coveted resource - fresh drinking water. It is produced on board of the ship, and Rear Admiral Ted Branch, commander of the US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson strike group, says the crew is determined to share this precious resource with suffering Haitians. While technological details of the water production process remain classified, it is based on the energy produced by the carrier's nuclear reactors, according to Captain Bill McKinley, the Carl Vinson reactor officer, who is responsible, among other things for water desalinization. ... read more |
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