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Haiti’s logistical nightmare
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Relief workers, doctors and military troops continue to work hard to help earthquake survivors in Haiti. But conditions there remain extremely difficult. There are reports of hospitals and clinics running out of medicine, and then there’s the still-frustrating work of delivering food and water to survivors. Marco Werman speaks with Wall Street Journal reporter Christopher Rhoads about the logistical nightmare of distributing aid in Haiti. Download MP3
Coordinating aid for Haiti
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It has been more than two weeks since the deadly earthquake struck Haiti and aid distribution has often been marked by poor coordination, vast gaps in coverage, and long lines of desperately needy people. Marco Werman speaks with Stephanie Bunker of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs about the range of countries now contributing to the relief effort in Haiti. Download MP3
How best to help Haiti
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The earthquake in Haiti happened more than two weeks ago. Yet aid organizations continue to struggle with basic questions there. Americans who want to help have been urged to give money but we’ve also heard of some organizations collecting things like tents or food. So, should you donate items, or is money still the best way to go? David Case is an editor with the online news website Global Post.Download MP3Haitian self-reliance
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Haitian President Rene Preval has made an urgent appeal for more tents to house up to a million people left homeless by the quake two weeks ago. His call came as donor nations and international organizations met in Montreal to assess the aid effort and plan the next steps. However not all Haitians are simply waiting for help from the outside, as WAMU’s Sabri Ben Achour reports. Download MP3How to help Haitians quicker
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Hundreds of thousands of Haitians are attempting to leave the capital, Port au Prince, devastated by last week’s earthquake. Aid officials have started to put up tent cities on the outskirts for up to 400,000 people, to try to halt the spread of disease. The aid effort in Haiti has been frustratingly slow by some accounts. The World’s Matthew Bell looks into how aid agencies might do better. Download MP3 (Photo:Olivier Laban Mattei/AFP/Getty Images)US Navy hospital ship helping Haitians
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The US is sending another 4,000 Navy sailors and Marines to Haiti for the earthquake relief effort, diverting them from deployments in the Gulf and Africa. The Pentagon reported on Wednesday that the Navy hospital ship Comfort, had received its first Haitian patients. WAMU reporter Sabri Ben-Achour is onboard the USNS Comfort and sent this report. Download MP3 (Photo: Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images)
Helping Haiti from the air
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US troops are fanning out across Haiti as aid operations gather momentum, a week after the devastating earthquake. UN officials said aid distribution points were being set up in the capital and UN security forces would accompany US troops as they delivered supplies. Helicopters dropped scores of US troops at the presidential palace grounds, who then moved to secure a nearby hospital. Marco Werman talks with The World’s Amy Bracken who is in Haiti. Download MP3France’s aid effort in Haiti
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been trying to defuse a potentially embarrassing quarrel with the United States over claims that France is being sidelined in the aid effort in Haiti. France’s International Co-operation Minister Alain Joyandet complained that a French plane carrying a field hospital was turned back by US troops. The World’s Europe correspondent Gerry Hadden reports. Download MP3
Haiti aid still hampered by bottlenecks
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The leading American general in Haiti has said it is a “reasonable assumption” that up to 200,000 people may have died in last Tuesday’s earthquake. Lt-General Ken Keen said the disaster was of “epic proportions”, but it was “too early to know” the full human cost. Relief efforts are being slowed by bottlenecks, and many thousands of survivors are fending for themselves. We get the latest from the BBC’s Nick Davies. Download MP3 (Photo : Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)US military role in Haiti
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Download MP3Assistance to Haiti’s earthquake survivors has been slow to arrive, in part because the quake destroyed the port in the capital, Port-au-Prince. And the airport only has one runway. The US military is managing the airport. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Colonel Brian Reno, director of the Contingency Response Cell at the 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center. The Control Center is coordinating the airlift efforts for the humanitarian response in Haiti.
Who’s in charge?
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The World’s Jeb Sharp reports on who’s in charge of coordinating the relief effort in Haiti. Download MP3 (Photo: Patrice Coppee/AFP/Getty Images)
Haiti aid on the way
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The US says it will send thousands of troops to Haiti to help rescue efforts in the wake of the devastating earthquake. President Barack Obama pledged one of the biggest relief efforts in recent US history and said Haiti would “not be forgotten” in its hour of need. One critical need in these early days after the earthquake is clean drinking water, as The World’s Matthew Bell reports. Download MP3
Muslims in the armed forces
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President Barack Obama has said the “entire nation” is grieving after a shooting that killed 13 people at Fort Hood in Texas. The President ordered all flags at the White House and other Federal buildings to be flown at half-staff. US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a US-born Muslim opened fire at the Army base on Thursday. His cousin told the media that Hasan had been battling racial harassment because of his “Middle Eastern ethnicity”. The tragedy casts a light on Muslims serving in the US military. The World’s Matthew Bell reports. Download MP3 (AP Photo:David Morris, Killeen Daily Herald)
Palestinians questioning their security forces
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US Army General Keith Dayton has been assisting with training Palestinian security forces since 2005. The ongoing effort has been credited with helping to restore law and order in the West Bank. But the US role is a politically precarious one. Some Palestinians are questioning who their security forces are working for. The World’s Matthew Bell reports from the West Bank. Download MP3
Army suicides
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The U.S. Army is experiencing a suicide problem. Between January and July of this year, there were 96 reported suicides among active duty soldiers. That puts the service on course to set a suicide record this year. The Army is now trying to figure out what’s behind the growing number of suicides, and how to prevent them. But getting to the bottom of the problem won’t be easy, as the The World’s Katy Clark reports. (photo: Associated Press)
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