Looting near U.N. base in Haiti; Ban promises more aid

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon waves before his departure from MINUSTAH base at the end of a visit after Hurricane Matthew in Les Cayes, HaitiBy Makini Brice LES CAYES (Reuters) – Haitians desperate for relief from hunger and sickness in the wake of Hurricane Matthew looted United Nations trucks on Saturday during a short visit to a hard-hit port town by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who promised more aid. The Category 4 hurricane tore through Haiti on Oct. 4, killing about 1,000 people and leaving more than 1.4 million in need of humanitarian aid, including 175,000 made homeless. Flooding has triggered a new wave of cholera infections, a disease introduced to Haiti by U.N. peacekeepers a few months after the country&;s last major humanitarian crisis, a destructive 2010 earthquake.

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For Thais overcome by the king’s death, medics and a hotline

A mourner receives help from rescue teams as she waits to pay her respects to Thailand's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Grand Palace in BangkokBy Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Kaweewit Kaewjinda BANGKOK (Reuters) – King Bhumibol Adulyadej was so revered that many Thai people around the country fainted or felt unwell when they learnt this week that he had died after 70 years on the throne. "There are people who hyperventilate and we try to calm them down by talking to them," Boonruang Triruangworawat, director general of the Department of Mental Health told Reuters on Saturday. "Others we have to send to hospital." He was speaking outside the Grand Palace, a glittering complex of halls, pavilions and gardens where the remains of the king will lie for months before a royal cremation.

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