Ban Ki Moon

Japan’s most powerful earthquake since records began struck its north-east coast on Friday, triggering a massive tsunami, which struck about 250 miles north-east of Tokyo. Officials say 350 people are dead and about 500 missing. Mary Kay Magistad reports.

Four Haitians are pressing charges against former dictator Jean-Claude ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier, who unexpectedly returned to Haiti on Sunday. The complainants charge Duvalier with crimes including torture, exile and arbitrary detention.

Israeli commandos stormed a flotilla of ships carrying hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists who were trying to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza strip. However, there have been conflicting reports as to what exactly happened.

Until recently, Haitian journalist Michele Montas was on call 24/7 for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon. When she retired from her post, she vowed to do ‘three months of nothing’. However, that was before an earthquake destroyed her home city.

A leaked document on climate change is causing furor and driving a wedge between rich and poor countries at the worldwide summit in Copenhagen. We talk with Andrew Revkin, of The New York Times and Richie Ahuja of the Environmental Defense Fund.