UN: Half a million quake victims still without aid

The UN World Food Programme today warned that half a million earthquake survivors had yet to receive relief supplies, and Pakistan’s president said during a visit to a quake-stricken town that he had appealed to the international community for more tents to shelter the homeless.

Under sunny skies, Pakistani and US military helicopters delivered aid at a brisk pace to Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan’s portion of the divided Kashmir region, which suffered most of the damage and casualties from last week’s massive earthquake.