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EXCHANGE RATES
Military rates
Japanese yen (Feb. 9) .......................... 87.00
South Korean won (Feb. 9) ............1,139.00
Euro costs (Feb. 9)............................$1.4023
Dollar buys (Feb. 9)......................... 0.7131
British pound (Feb. 9)..........................$1.60
Commercial rates
Bahrain (Dinar)....................................0.3771
British pound .....................................$1.5594
Canada (Dollar)...................................1.0700
China (Yuan) ........................................6.8296
Denmark (Krone) ................................5.4526
Egypt (Pound)......................................5.4878
Euro ........................................$1.3662/0.7320
Hong Kong (Dollar)............................. 7.7705
Hungary (Forint).................................200.40
Israel (Shekel) .....................................3.7301
Japan (Yen).............................................89.34
Kuwait (Dinar) .....................................0.2887
Norway (Krone)...................................5.9870
Philippines (Peso).................................46.49
Poland (Zloty)..........................................3.00
Saudi Arabia (Riyal)........................... 3.7498
Singapore (Dollar)..............................1.4234
South Korea (Won)..........................1,161.50
Switzerland (Franc)............................1.0733
Thailand (Baht) ..................................... 33.19
Turkey (New Lira) ...............................1.5232
(Military exchange rates are those avail-
able to customers at military banking fa-
cilities in the country of issuance for Japan,
South Korea, Germany, the Netherlands and
the United Kingdom. For nonlocal currency
exchange rates (i.e., purchasing British
pounds in Germany), check with your local
military banking facility. Commercial rates
are interbank rates provided for reference
when buying currency. All figures are for-
eign currencies to one dollar, except for
the British pound, which is represented in
dollars-to-pound, and the euro, which is
dollars-to-euro.)
INTEREST RATES
Prime rate ................................................3.25
Discount rate ..........................................0.50
Federal funds market rate ......... 0.00-0.25
3-month bill .............................................0.08
30-year bond ...........................................4.53
Sources: Bank of America, The Associated Press
IN THE WORLD
BY HENRI E. CAUVIN
The Washington Post
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti
-- Haiti's criminal justice system
was brought to a standstill by last
month's earthquake, which lev-
eled the capital city's courthouse.
But crime did not stop, and that
has left police commanders with
jailcellsfulloffrustratedinmates
who have not been given a chance
to go before a judge.
At the main police station,
whichwasdamagedbythequake,
more than half of the 81 prisoners
are being housed in a makeshift
cell set up in a small courtyard. It
is a pit of anger and squalor. With
46 people crowded inside, there is
no room to lie down and no rea-
son to think that would be safe.
"It's hell. H-E-L-L," Bouzy
Archange Jr. said from behind
bars. "I'm in hell."
Like many in the cell, Arch-
ange had been there longer than
the 48 hours allowed under Hai-
tian law. In his case, it had been
three days since he was arrested,
accused of stealing a police offi-
cer's uniform.
But since the earthquake crip-
pled the government, the rules
don't exactly apply.
Administering justice is one of
countless government functions
that have been upended by the
quake, which killed more than
150,000 and laid ruin to much of
downtown Port-au-Prince.
In addition to the courthouse,
which was known as the Palace
of Justice, the headquarters of
the Ministry of Justice was also
destroyed. More than a dozen
employees perished.
Buried in the rubble with them
were troves of vital documents
that officials are trying to recov-
er or re-create.
In a country that has struggled
to control crime, the need for a
functioning criminal justice sys-
tem is not lost on officials. They
have been looking at sites that
could temporarily house court
hearings, and they are scheduled
to meet with judges this week to
map out a plan for resuming some
basic judicial functions.
"We're doing the best we can,"
said Antoine Andri, the Justice
Ministry's director general, who
was named to his post hours be-
fore the earthquake struck.
For the latest news about the Haiti
disaster, including Stars and Stripes'
Twitter feed, photos, maps, unit
deployments and more, go to
stripes.com/go/haiti
Quake cripples
Haiti's criminal
justice system
Cope: Psychiatric hospital
has no power or water
COPE, FROM PAGE 1
Hugo Emmanuel is one of the
untold thousands who doctors say
have lost the ability to cope.
"Stay away! I don't want you to
touch me," he barks at an Ameri-
can nurse who
wants to wash
his shattered
lower leg.
Emmanuel,
49, is an edu-
cated man of
spindly limbs
but voluble
spirit who rests
on a mattress on the floor of the
kitchenette in the Espoir Hospital
in the capital's eastern hills.
He tore the cast off his leg last
week. For days after he arrived
two weeks ago, he only let the
hospital director feed him; he
claimed everyone else was trying
to poison him.
Emmanuel, who lies in his un-
derwear beneath a white sheet
and towel, is at least getting per-
sonal attention.
Most of those diagnosed with
severe trauma are treated as out-
patients because there is no room
for them in the country's 91 func-
tioning hospitals.
"The doctors in such situations
tend only to hand out tranquiliz-
ers," Jones said. "We don't want
them to do that."
Tranquilizers are hardly suffi-
cient for earthquake victims like
Emmanuel, who lost his house,
both of his parents and his job.
"Iwasinacoma-typesituation,"
EmmanuelsaysingracefulFrench
that reflects his experience as a
Quisqueya University researcher.
"Every time I think about losing
my family, I
lose my mind."
He quickly
corrects him-
self. "I'm not
crazy. I just
think I'm suf-
fering from
psychological
shock."
The hospi-
tal's director, Dr. Gusse Darline,
said Emmanuel is sporadically
amnesiac. But that's only part of
his problem.
"He didn't want to come into
the hospital for treatment. We had
to drag him in," she said.
Darline says she doesn't know
what to do with Emmanuel once
his leg heals.
Port-au-Prince's only psychiat-
ric hospital is barely functioning.
All but 11 of its more than 100 pre-
quake patients were removed by
relatives who feared the building
would collapse in another quake,
said Dr. Peter Hughes, an Irish
psychiatrist who arrived late last
week and is studying what to do.
"There's no electricity and no
running water. Some patients
are in a barred room. There is a
need for mattresses and working
toilets."
"I'm not crazy. I just
think I'm suffering
from psychological
shock."
Hugo Emmanuel
RODRIGO ABD/AP
Hugo Emmanuel, 49, rests on a mattress in the Espoir Hospital in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti. "Every time I think about losing my family, I
lose my mind," Emmanuel said.
Verizon continues
free calls to Haiti
MISAWA AIR BASE,
Japan -- Verizon will con-
tinue to waive all long-dis-
tance charges for calls made
to Haiti through Sunday, ac-
cording to a news release.
That includes military
base residents who use Ve-
rizon at Misawa and on Oki-
nawa, according to company
officials. Verizon originally
announced that calls would
be free through Jan. 31, fol-
lowing the Jan. 12 quake
that devastated Haiti.
Susan Retta, vice presi-
dent of consumer products
for Verizon, said in the re-
lease that the decision for
the extension was because
"we know that many people
still haven't had the chance
to speak with their loved
ones yet because much work
still remains to be done to
restore the communications
system in Haiti."
From staff reports

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