School Building In Haiti Collapses, At Least Seven Dead

A School that normally has an attendance of 500 students has collapsed in the capital City of Haiti today.

At least seven are confirmed dead as of this writing, with a currently unknown number of students and others buried under rubble.

Though it is not immediately clear why the building collapsed, Haiti has suffered from a great deal of rain, and flooding in the last few months which may have contributed to the weakening of the structure, though this is just speculation on my part right now.

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Update on Burma Disaster, Death Toll of 100,000

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Some relief aid is finally getting into Burma, but it is not enough as the military run Government is still not allowing all relief help efforts into the country. U.S. Aid is still on standby and there are delays in getting Visa's to Taiwanese aid workers.

World Food Programme is stating that it is critical to get aid into the country within the next 10 days or the crisis will widen. If you can please visit the World Food Programme site to make a much needed donation.

New death toll estimates coming from an official U.S. diplomat in the country put a number out that could exceed 100,000. Much higher than estimates of 22,000 - 50,000 as the Government of Burma stated.

France suggests the invoking of a UN "responsibility to protect" and that aid should be delivered without the permission of the military run Government.

See my other post on this story Here.

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