(CNN) — Wednesday, January 20

2:25 p.m. – “We will not let red tape stand in the way of helping those (orphans) in need but we will ensure that international adoption procedures to protect children and families are followed,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday during at appearance in the Washington area.

2:05 p.m. – Oxfam said it expected to send a water truck into Port-au-Prince’s Delmas 48 district for a mass distribution at 3 p.m.

1:11 p.m. – Followers mourn as Myriam Merlet, Magalie Marcelin and Anne Marie Coriolan, founders of three of Haiti’s most important advocacy organizations working on behalf of women and girls, are confirmed dead. Story

1:03 p.m. – At least 11,000 U.S. military service members are now in Haiti or on ships nearby, and the military said Wednesday that it plans to send an additional 4,000 sailors and Marines.

12:46 p.m. – The House of Representatives on Wednesday unanimously passed legislation that would allow individuals who make charitable contributions to victims of the earthquake in Haiti to claim an itemized charitable deduction on their 2009 tax return instead of having to wait until next year to claim these deductions on their 2010 tax return. The legislation will not become law until it is passed by the Senate and signed by the president.

12:35 p.m. – The state of Florida reports 191 flights with 6,836 passengers have flown into Florida airports from Haiti since January 13. The state’s Department of Children and Families has provided services to 2,731 Americans returning from Haiti, including 1,611 on Tuesday alone.

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12:19 p.m. — A funeral is scheduled Wednesday afternoon for Molly Hightower, a 22-year-old from Port Orchard, Washington, who was killed when the earthquake struck a school for disabled children in Petionville where she was volunteering for the charity NPH (Friends of the Orphan). Fellow volunteer Ryan Kloos of Phoenix, Arizona, also was killed.

12:07 p.m. – On Wednesday afternoon, Mercy Corps will distribute nutrient-rich biscuits to nearly 5,000 injured earthquake survivors — many of them children — and their families at General Hospital, Port-au-Prince’s largest hospital.

12:01 p.m. – The hospital ship USNS Comfort, which saw duty in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast in 2005 and the 2001 terror attacks in New York, arrived Wednesday morning in the waters off Port-au-Prince. U.S. helicopters will ferry patients aboard, bringing relief to overloaded hospitals and clinics.

11:51 a.m. — Ena Zizi, a woman in her 70s who was rescued from the rubble of Port-au-Prince’s cathedral on Tuesday, is reported to be in stable condition in the care of doctors aboard the USS Bataan. Watch and read about her rescue

10:38 a.m. — Missionary Troy Livesay in Port-au-Prince tweeted: “We have seen little to no violence.It is hppng in isolated areas/incidents.Even now there is less violence/crime here than major US cities.”

10:33 a.m. — CNN iReporter Juliano Puzo used his laptop’s webcam to shoot video of the aftermath of the January 12 earthquake. Watch (Warning: Video includes some profanity in English)

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10:21 a.m. – As of Monday, more than $210 million in donations had been raised for earthquake relief, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, a newspaper covering nonprofit organizations. The estimate is based on a survey of 25 charities contributing the largest amounts of money to Haiti.

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10:16 a.m. – An engaged couple in Minnesota donated $2,500 — a quarter of their wedding budget — to an agency providing medical care in Haiti. Watch

9:02 a.m. – Louis Belanger, media officer for the relief agency Oxfam, sent a message via Twitter: “Ppl quite edgy after aftershock, especially Haitian staff. Still, we are starting distribution in 5 sites today in Haiti.”

7:30 a.m. – Wednesday morning’s aftershock sent patients at a hospital near Haiti’s airport in Port-au-Prince into loud prayers for forgiveness and protection, a nurse said.

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6:03 a.m. – A strong magnitude 6.1 aftershock struck Haiti. Its epicenter was 36 miles west-southwest of Port-au-Prince, the United States Geological Survey said.

4:17 a.m. — The Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort is due to arrive off Haiti at midmorning Wednesday, carrying nearly 550 doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel. The ship will have six operating rooms available and can house up to 1,000 patients.