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The distribution of international relief donations to earthquake-stricken Haiti is undergoing so much hurdles due to the absence of a proper system that would allow each needy individual to get his fair share of the much-needed food, water and other supplies to survive. Worse is that there are reports that these foreign relief aids may be taken advantaged of by some corrupt government officials. The above apprehension circled among members of the diplomatic community in Haiti, who said that international relief aids, consisting of cash and in kind, may end up in the wrong hands, instead of going to the thousands of earthquake victims. Right now, there are lootings everywhere and the local police and United Nations Peacekeeping force, including the American forces, have tried hard to pacify desperate people from engaging in illegal activities. This has prompted the diplomatic community to suggest of creating an international monitoring committee that will oversee how the internation...

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...