Three More Suspects Arrested in Aruba Disappearance
WHITFIELD: Three more arrests in Aruba, and now a total of five men in all being held in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. Earlier in the investigation, three of the men told police they left a nightclub with the Alabama teen, about 1:30 a.m., May 30, but say they dropped her off at her hotel a short time later. Police in Aruba just held a news conference to update us on the case. Karl Penhaul joins us now from Oranjestad with the latest -- Karl.</s>KARL PENHAUL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Fredricka, prosecutors in that that news conference have told us that a vehicle was confiscated from two of the properties raided this morning. We understand that vehicle was the last vehicle in which Natalee Holloway was seen. They also went on to tell us that one of the three people arrested this morning is a minor, 17 years old, and he had met Natalee Holloway the day before she disappeared. Beyond that, they went on to say that certain items had been seized also from the two buildings raided, but declined to specify what items had been taken. They also declined to say whether there had been any further clues as to whether Natalee Holloway was alive or dead. Interesting, also, perhaps one of the prosecutors said, that the investigation was not just centered on Aruba and the United States, but also that police forces have been contacted in South America. You'll remember, Aruba lays very close to the coast of Venezuela and also close to the neighboring country of Columbia.</s>WHITFIELD: And, Karl if you could just clarify for us, initially, it was reported that there were some charges, that the first two arrested -- had already been imposed on them, and then no charges. What is the situation?</s>WHITFIELD: All right, Karl Penhaul, thanks so much for that update, out of Oranjestad, Aruba. Now, it is the most desperate and most heartbreaking humanitarian catastrophe on earth today: Western Sudan, 200,000 people dead, millions driven from their homes out of fear. The International Criminal Court this week began an official war crimes probe of the conflict that created the crisis in Darfur. But that's no help to those whose lives are forever ruined there. CNN's Jim Clancy has the latest efforts to ease the suffering.</s>JIM CLANCY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is Darfur today. Burned out homes, belongings scattered when armed militias raided homes and villages. Fields left untended, lives interrupted. The conflict in Darfur has killed more than 200,000 people by violence, disease and hunger. Two million people have been driven from their homes in an area the size of France. Sprawling camps have been set up, housing an estimated 1.4 million internally displaced who are trying to survive. On a recent visit, the head of aid group Act Caritas told those assembled their hopes were understood.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We want to be there for you and assist you in taking control over your own lives.</s>CLANCY: Some people are returning home. There used to be about 70,000 people in Labadoo (ph). About 17,000 have come back, encouraged by the presence of a small contingent of African Union monitors from Nigeria.</s>MAJ. OLA OYELADE, AFRICAN UNION MONITOR: The people have a feeling that with our presence, at least they are a bit secured, even though they know -- they have come to understand that we are not here to fight, either in support of them or against them. But with our presence, they feel a bit more secure. So they are returning.</s>CLANCY: Respiratory and eye infections are common, and the coming rainy season raises the risk of diseases carried by water or mosquitoes. Aid workers are racing to stockpile food ahead of that rainy season, knowing most roads will soon become impossible. At the same time, there's an effort to restore self-respect and a livelihood. Basket weaving for women, fence-building for men, and even a tannery operation to fashion raw animal skins into shoes. For the children, there are schools and basic lessons. Some 1,500 are already attending this one. The larger lesson, learned by those who would help ease the Darfur tragedy, is even more fundamental. The food aid, medical attention and all the rest is nearly worthless without security. Unless that comes, in the form of more troops with a tougher mandate, the refugees are not going home and the crisis in Darfur isn't going away. Jim Clancy, CNN.</s>WHITFIELD: A grim assessment today from the United Nations on what it sees as a steep and staggering trend of childhood mortality in Africa. Just 10 years from now, in 2015, a predicted five million children will die of preventable starvation, disease and poverty. An advisory group called the Millennium Project steers the United Nations strategy to slash the number of people living in the shadow of poverty. Professor Jeffrey Sachs is the group's director. He is also the author of "The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities in Our Time." Good to see you, professor.</s>JEFFREY SACHS, DIRECTOR, MILLENNIUM PROJECT: Nice being with you. Thank you so much.</s>WHITFIELD: How did you all come to these figures, five million by 2015?</s>SACHS: What we have is a series of pandemic diseases, massive killers that are out of control right now. Yet every one of them, preventable and treatable. Malaria's the most dramatic for the childhood killers. Up to three million children will die this year, even though malaria is a 100 percent treatable disease.</s>WHITFIELD: What is the largest obstacle: getting treatment in to many of these countries, and many of these, you know, very remote camps? Or is part of the problem a lack of admission on the part of many of these country governments, who are denying the fact that there are some real hard core, preventable medical care issues that need to be addressed?</s>SACHS: No, in fact, the countries are desperate. I meet the health ministers all the time. They're desperate for help. They know what's happening. They see in the clinics, in the hospitals, the children dying. I see the children dying before my own eyes when I visit these countries. But the problem is extreme poverty. They need help. They need financial help from the United States, which has not been forthcoming. So when the richest countries of the world turn their back on the very poorest people, the result is this kind of tragedy. And that's what happened.</s>WHITFIELD: So with this acknowledged need for help, does it seem as though there is a lack of concern coming from the richest countries, as to how these dollars could actually be put to great use?</s>SACHS: There's a lack of imagination, I'm afraid, in the leadership of the United States government and some other governments, because they fail to understand how directly these diseases are controllable, should be controlled, but require increased financing. When Prime Minister Tony Blair came to the White House this week, and President Bush said, "Well, we're just not interested in doubling aid," what he was effectively saying is there's a death sentence over the continent, because Africa does not have the means on its own to take care of this problem. It will get worse unless the United States finally -- finally recognizes its responsibility, following through on past commitments.</s>WHITFIELD: So are there other ways to define help if not money? If the U.S. and Great Britain are not to provide the amount of money need to purchase some of these treatment, than what about in the form of manpower or supplies?</s>SACHS: Well, supplies are vital. And Europe has stepped up. It's made an important commitment. When Prime Minister Blair came to the White House, he was carrying with him a European commitment to double aid to Africa by the year 2010. But the United States said no. Why? I can't imagine. Because, really, it's saying to Africa, "I'm afraid your children are going to be dying by the millions. We're just not interested in helping." That's not what Americans want to be said in their name, but that's what the president did say, unfortunately.</s>WHITFIELD: So do you suppose the U.S.' response to that is reversible and that perhaps that President Bush might be mulling over exactly what this means, and perhaps change his mind?</s>SACHS: I hope so. Because I know the American people, whom I'm hearing from, from all over the country, are saying, "Not in our name. We want the United States to be out there, leading, to save lives. We know malaria can be controlled. We know that safe drinking water can be brought to the impoverished villages of Africa. It doesn't cost a lot of money. We want to do it." And I -- I hope the White House changes its mind. It needs to. Because this kind of massive suffering is a threat to everybody, as well as -- as well as a tragedy for Africa.</s>WHITFIELD: And in your report defined suffering not just in the need for medical care but also in education. Among the statistics that you all reveal, 45 million children in sub-Saharan Africa are not enrolled in primary education, which is just over one-third of the 115 million children worldwide who do not receive school. How will education of these children help in their plight there, as well?</s>SACHS: Without education, there's no escape from extreme poverty. But the poorest of the poor can't afford to send their children, especially their girls to school, unless the schools can provide a warm meal, unless there's a teacher at the school. I was in a village in Mali just yesterday, actually. There's no teacher there, because they can't afford the teacher. So the children don't go to school. And here, again, the United States has said that it would help but did not come through with the financing. And this is the tragedy. A little bit of financial help, by our standards of a rich country, could make all the difference for the poorest people in the world. But the president said no recently. He must reconsider, I think Americans would say.</s>WHITFIELD: It's a sad state of affairs, no matter which way you look at it. Jeffrey Sachs, thanks so much for joining with us.</s>SACHS: A pleasure to be with you. Thank you so much.</s>WHITFIELD: And more of LIVE FROM right after this.</s>WHITFIELD (voice-over): Next on LIVE FROM...</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think they were trying to kill us.</s>WHITFIELD: Dangerous drama on the high seas. A family fights back against modern-day pirates. Later on LIVE FROM...</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm saying I do, but I'm not saying I quit.</s>WHITFIELD: Love conquers all, but it can also cost you your job. A firefighter's marriage plans are about to get him fired. Also ahead... This crazy frog has your number. The tune that will have your cell phone ringing off the hook.