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The American airline Continental and five men have gone on trial in France over the crash of a Concorde supersonic airliner outside Paris, which killed 113 people ten years ago. They are accused of manslaughter after an official report said that during take-off the Concorde hit a piece of metal, which had fallen off a Continental plane. All those charged deny any wrongdoing.
The United Nations has warned of a potentially
volatile
situation in Haiti after gunmen attacked a food convoy. There are also reports of violence and looting inside the camps set up to house the survivors of last month's devastating earthquake. From Port-au-Prince, here is Nick Davis.
The medical needs of Haitians hurt in the earthquake exactly three weeks ago continues to be an ongoing issue. The long-term treatment of the injured and the job of health care teams (are) made more difficult by
sporadic
outbursts of gang violence in some parts of the city. The UN reports that a food convoy has been attacked and the Haitian police are increasing their patrols. The threat of gang violence has been blamed by the US military for delays in aid distribution in neighborhoods like Cite Soleil. In the past, it was a notorious area with hundreds killed during the political instability five years ago.
The head of national intelligence in the United States has described the recent reports of cyber attacks on Google in China as a wakeup call. Speaking in a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, Dennis Blair said