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6:50 a.m. -- Haitian airspace was opened Thursday to charitable organizations, a Red Cross official said. The airspace had been closed to charitable organizations Wednesday, said Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan's Purse, an organization that is planning to send charter planes loaded with supplies to Haiti Thursday morning.

6:45 a.m. -- A four-member rescue team from Israel was scheduled to arrive Thursday morning, followed by two more jets carrying a field hospital and 220 rescue and hospital workers.

6:42 a.m. -- A 60-member rescue team with three sniffer dogs arrived from China on Thursday, the official news agency Xinhua reported. Taiwan also sent a team of 23 rescuers and two dogs late Wednesday, according to its Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

6:30 a.m. -- Chile was sending 20 doctors, a rescue team, 12 tons of medical supplies, food and 3 tons of medicine to Haiti on Thursday morning, President Michelle Bachelet said.

4:09 a.m. -- Doctors, medicine and more rescuers were scheduled to land in Haiti on Thursday as nation after nation pledged to help the earthquake-battered country.

10:49 p.m. -- The Argentine Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the Argentine Mobile Military Hospital -- which they say is the only hospital functioning in Port-au-Prince -- has treated more than 800 people. Argentine Armed Forces helicopters are helping evacuate the "gravely injured" people to Santo Domingo, in the neighboring Dominican Republic. Argentina also plans to send an airplane with aid to the area, the statement said.

10:42 p.m. -- CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta, who is reporting from Haiti, wrote on his Twitter feed: "what i have seen here in #haiti, i have never seen before. while i hate to say this, it seems somewhat hopeless. bodies still in the streets" Follow Sanjay Gupta's reporting from Haiti through his Twitter feed.

9:54 p.m. -- The people of Jacmel, Haiti, are lining the streets, setting tires on fire to light up a town that has been reduced to rubble in many parts and is without power. The flames are all that illuminate what remains of this town on the southern coast of Haiti, about 25 miles from the capital Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

9:47 p.m. -- At least 16 peacekeepers -- 11 Brazilians, three Jordanians, one Argentine and one Chadian -- working with the U.N. mission in Haiti were reported dead Wednesday afternoon, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.

9:45 p.m. -- The New York Yankees announced a donation of $500,000 in support of rescue and relief efforts.

9:38 p.m. -- Video images captured just moments after the earthquake in Haiti show dust-covered survivors rushing through the streets, yelling in terror. Other trapped in buildings are seen punching out debris and bricks, and shouting for help and trying to squeeze themselves out through cracks in the structures.

9:00 p.m. -- The Dominican Republic was the first country to give aid to Haiti in the aftermath of Tuesday's devastating earthquake.



Over the break, Mr. Parris students from his NEFT program (one current and two alumni) were featured on CNN with Alina Cho as she talked to "Sir Richard Branson, who tackles philanthropy like one of his businesses". Branson formed Virgin Atlantic Airways in 1984, launched Virgin Mobile in 1999, Virgin Blue in Australia in 2000 and has over 200 businesses, worth just over £3 billion. Our NMB Chargers, rose to the occasion as they shared their business ideas and discussed strategies with Richard Branson in order to develop strong businesses for the twenty first century and their community.