
Earthquake devastates already hard-hit Haiti
The largest earthquake in 200 years hit the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti on yesterday afternoon.
World Notes: Cuba, Western Sahara, Afghanistan, Philippines, South Africa, Haiti
Cuba: Children a privileged class In televised comments on the 20th anniversary of the UN adoption of a Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF official José Juan Ortiz indicated that of nine million children dying each year from preventable causes, none are Cuban.

