Agony and despair in Haiti
An estimated 100.000 people are missing in Haiti, says the latest assessment of the United Nations relief organization, where scores of its own staff were buried under the rubbles when a strong eathquake hit the country Tuesday, CNN News said in a report. Media reports said there is too much chaos and despair as can be gleaned from the faces of people, whose families and properties were among those buried under the concrete slabs of crashing buildings and houses. CNN footages showed thousands of corpses lying unattended on the pavements and on the streets of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti's capital. Governement officials and relief workers have expressed fears that should this take longer, it could be possible that diseases may crop up as decaying corpses may contaminate the air. As this writing, almost all the basic needs of the people like food, water, medicines, blankets, are scarcely available. Relief organizations are having problems delivering goods because roads leading to the site...