Haitian President Rene Preval has said thousands of people are feared dead following a huge quake which has devastated the country's capital. UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the head of the UN mission in Haiti and his deputy were among more than 100 staff missing. The 7.0-magnitude quake, Haiti's worst in two centuries, struck south of Port-au-Prince, on Tuesday. The Red Cross says up to three million people are affected.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the head of the UN mission in Haiti and his deputy were among more than 100 staff missing.
The 7.0-magnitude quake, Haiti's worst in two centuries, struck south of Port-au-Prince, on Tuesday.
The Red Cross says up to three million people are affected.
US President Barack Obama has pledged to give the people of Haiti the country's "full support" and to mount a "swift, co-ordinated and aggressive" effort there, co-ordinated by the country's international development agency ... Several international aid agencies have offices and staff in Haiti, usually working on long-term aid and reconstruction. As news of the quake emerged, these organisations began to mobilise their emergency response teams. ... UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said $10m would be released immediately from the world body's central emergency response fund to assist aid efforts. He said an emergency appeal for additional funds from member states would follow.
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Several international aid agencies have offices and staff in Haiti, usually working on long-term aid and reconstruction.
As news of the quake emerged, these organisations began to mobilise their emergency response teams.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said $10m would be released immediately from the world body's central emergency response fund to assist aid efforts. He said an emergency appeal for additional funds from member states would follow.
Officials in the Middle East and Europe questioned tighter U.S. airline security measures Tuesday, saying increased body scanning and inspections of Arab passengers would be discriminatory and overly intrusive. After the alleged Christmas Day attempt by a Nigerian man to blow up a Detroit-bound jetliner, the Obama administration said it would require more full-body pat-downs, searches of carryon bags, full-body scanning and explosive-detection technology at U.S. airports. The European Union has said it may require member nations to put in more full-body scanning machines in order to conform with American security measures and ease passengers' trips from Europe to the U.S.
After the alleged Christmas Day attempt by a Nigerian man to blow up a Detroit-bound jetliner, the Obama administration said it would require more full-body pat-downs, searches of carryon bags, full-body scanning and explosive-detection technology at U.S. airports.
The European Union has said it may require member nations to put in more full-body scanning machines in order to conform with American security measures and ease passengers' trips from Europe to the U.S.
Kampala -- PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has cautioned those advocating for the Anti-Homosexuality Bill to "go slow", saying the matter was a sensitive foreign policy issue.
Museveni said he had been questioned about the bill by several foreign leaders, including the Canadian prime minister, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He said Clinton called him for over 45 minutes over the issue. "I told them that this bill was brought up by a private member and I have not even had time to discuss it with him. It is neither the Government nor the NRM party. It is a private member," Museveni told the NRM meeting at State House Entebbe.
"I told them that this bill was brought up by a private member and I have not even had time to discuss it with him. It is neither the Government nor the NRM party. It is a private member," Museveni told the NRM meeting at State House Entebbe.
Q. Guns. Let's talk about this issue. A: I never got an A rating, like my opponent -- would-be opponent -- has enjoyed. I don't own them. I do shoot them, and I shoot them at things that can't shoot back. And will continue to do that. And by that, I want to be clear, I don't mean children. I have done a little bird hunting in my day.
A: I never got an A rating, like my opponent -- would-be opponent -- has enjoyed. I don't own them. I do shoot them, and I shoot them at things that can't shoot back. And will continue to do that. And by that, I want to be clear, I don't mean children. I have done a little bird hunting in my day.
