in relation to
the size of Haiti's population and economy. The quake killed about 230,000 people and left the capital Port-au-Prince in ruins.
World News from the BBC.
Argentina says it's imposing new controls on shipping to the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic in a growing row over British plans to drill for oil there. The Argentine government said all vessels leaving for the Falklands from Argentine ports or passing through Argentine waters would need
permission
from Buenos Aires. Britain and Argentina fought a short war over the Falklands in 1982. Argentina still disputes British sovereignty.
The French Defence Minister Herve Morin has promised a transparent investigation after a newspaper reported that France deliberately
exposed its soldiers to
contamination
during nuclear tests. The Parisien newspaper had published what it said were official documents, detailing how several hundred soldiers were ordered to enter contaminated zones during atomic bomb tests in Algeria in the early 1960s. The document says the aim was to assess the physical and psychological effects on humans.
New research suggests that the Egyptian boy pharaoh Tutankhamun was killed by malaria and wasn't murdered or killed in an accident. Tutankhamun is probably the best-known pharaoh of ancient Egypt because of his
marvelously
preserved tomb discovered in 1922. Michelle Roberts reports.