U.S. TO PROBE HAITI TRAGEDY
The U.S. said it's investigating an incident, reported by TIME Daily, in which at least 30 fleeing Haitians drowned Wednesday after police fired warning shots at their 60-ft. boat. Also today, the State Department said the number of Haitian boat people picked up since processing began aboard a U.S. Navy hospital ship two weeks ago has passed the 5,000 mark.parparparpar