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Heavy Gunfire in Haitian Capital
Protesters set fire to barricades and gunfire rang out in Haiti's troubled capital as loyalists of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide marked the 10th anniversary of his return from exile. At least 54 people have been killed in Port-au-Prince during two weeks of shootouts and beheadings that have only further thrown the country into turmoil since Aristide was ousted yet again and sent into exile in February and devastating floods left 200,000 people homeless. Former Haitian soldiers who hold sway over much of the countryside are threatening to deploy into Port-au-Prince over the objections of the interim government, which is backed by an overextended and beleaguered U.N. peacekeeping force.Posted by: Fred 2004-10-16 |
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