Security fears stalk Haiti as quake survivors await aid

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Survivors dig with their bare hands, looking for food and water

There are mounting security concerns in Haiti's earthquake-hit capital as distribution problems continue to hamper getting aid to survivors, reports BBC.
Days after the quake devastated Port-au-Prince, killing tens of thousands, there are some reports of gangs preying on residents and looting.
Official say thousands of prisoners are unaccounted for after the main prison was destroyed. Relief has been arriving, but little has moved beyond the jammed airport.
The airport here in Haiti has now become the central hub for the huge aid operation that is now finally under way.
The Haitian government has handed over control of the entire facility to the American military, who are here in large numbers.
US soldiers have started the tricky operation of controlling the massive amount of air traffic that is now flooding in, and aid agencies from across the globe are arriving minute by minute.
But the fact remains that much of the aid - tents, blankets and medical supplies - is still sitting on the runway in Port-Au-Prince.
Damage to the seaport, roads and other infrastructure has prevented the speedy distribution of food, water and medical supplies.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she would travel to Haiti Saturday to assess the damage and convey to the Haitian people "our long term, unwavering support, solidarity and sympathies".
Desperation among survivors of Tuesday's earthquake has led to rising fears over security in Port-au-Prince.
"Men suddenly appeared with machetes to steal money," resident Evelyne Buino told AFP news agency.
Up to 4,000 prisoners are unaccounted for, with many believed to have escaped from the central prison.
A local radio station urged people to "organise neighbourhood committees to avoid chaos".
There is little police presence in the capital, although some Brazilian UN peacekeepers are patrolling the streets.
The BBC's Nick Davis in Port-au-Prince says the only convoys he has seen are people leaving the city, in search of food, water and medicine.
The UN is reporting a rise in the number of people trying to cross into the neighbouring Dominican Republic, and an influx into Haiti's northern cities.
Correspondents say that despite increasing anger at the slow pace of the relief effort, the security situation is not out of control.
Overnight the crippled port received its first supply ship since the earthquake, a boat carrying bananas and coal, AFP reports.
Interior Minister Paul Antoine Bien-Aime said 50,000 bodies had been collected, but the total number of dead could be "between 100,000 and 200,000". The UN said about 300,000 people had been made homeless.