Disaster In Haiti -- News Updates January 27, 2010

Haitians waited for food Tuesday near the capital's presidential palace. Reuters

U.N. Faces Mobs At Food-Aid Sites -- Wall Street Journal

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—U.N. troops fired tear gas and warning shots for the second day to try to prevent a mob from plundering aid supplies, witnesses said, underscoring the difficulties of getting enough aid to Haiti two weeks after the Jan. 12 earthquake.

U.N. peacekeepers tried to distribute rice and other food items in the center of the capital Tuesday, but the crowd became angry that it was taking so long. People began to surge around the peacekeepers, pilfering a lot of the aid, said witnesses.

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