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A historic visit, a large number of unusual visitors for Haiti - May 1, 2003

                              
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Members of a Taiwan's Navy honor guard carry Haitian and Taiwan flags during a performance for Haitian, Taiwanese and other officials and for Haitian police officers and the general public on the Champs de Mars near the National Palace during the two day port call of three Taiwan Navy ships with 800 sailors and midshipmen to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday, May 1, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                               
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Members of a Taiwan's Navy honor guard perform for Haitian, Taiwanese and other officials and for the general public on the Champs de Mars near the National Palace during the two day port call of three Taiwan Navy ships with 800 sailors and midshipmen to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday, May 1, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                      
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A Haitian student puts a lei around the neck of a Taiwanese Navy sailor prior to the official ceremony welcoming the officers and crew of three Taiwan Navy ships making a two-day port call with 800 sailors and midshipmen to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday, May 1, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                         
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Taiwanese Navy sailors and officers dock the guided-missile frigate Hsi-Ning as it pulls into the port ahead of another frigate and a fuel and munitions supply ship to begin a two-day port call with a crew of 800 sailors and midshipmen in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday, May 1, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                           
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Chi Wang-der, councilor to the Taiwan embassy in Haiti, left, watches as Taiwan's Navy Admiral Chu Tsong-Rong receives a gift from Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide at the National Palace during the visit of a delegation from three Taiwan Navy ships making a two day port call with 800 sailors and midshipmen in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday, May 1, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                        
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Haitian Minister of the Interior Jocelerme Privert, left, and Taiwan's Ambassador to Haiti Hsieh Hsin-ping, to his right, accompanied by unidentified Haitian officials, walk past members of the Haitian coast guard and a reception committee as they prepare to board one of the three Taiwan Navy ships making a two-day port call with a crew of 800 sailors and midshipmen in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday, May 1, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                     
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Members of Haiti's coast guard walk past the Taiwan Navy guided-missle frigate Hsi-Ning which docked for a two-day port call with a second frigate and a fuel and munitions supply ship and a total crew of 800 sailors and midshipmen in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday, May 1, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                        

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The Taiwanese guided-missile frigate Hsi-Ning crosses the path of a Haitian fisherman in his dugout sailing canoe as it pulls into the port ahead of another frigate and a fuel and munitions supply ship as the squadron prepared to dock for a two-day port call with its crew of 800 sailors and midshipmen in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday, May 1, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                         
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Two Taiwanese sailors and a Haitian port worker secure the Taiwan fuel and munitions supply ship Wu-Yi as it tied up for a two-day port call it was making with two guided-missle frigates and a total crew of 800 sailors and midshipmen in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday, May 1, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                   
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The Taiwanese fuel and munitions supply ship Wu-Yi pulls up to the Port-au-Prince wharf as a three-ship Taiwan Navy squadron prepared to dock for a two-day port call with its crew of 800 sailors and midshipmen in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday, May 1, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                         
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Haitian schoolchildren wave Haitian and Taiwanese flags as the crew of the Taiwan Navy fuel and munitions supply ship Wu-Yi prepared disembark during the two-day port call it was making with two guided-missle frigates and a total crew of 800 sailors and midshipmen in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday, May 1, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                       
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Pithia Pierre, 15, left, and his little brother Tielley, 12, sit on the Port-au-Prince pier with their new caps which they were given by sailors from the Taiwan Navy guided-missle frigate Hsi-Ning, docked for a two-day port call with two other Taiwan Navy ships and about 800 sailors and midshipmen, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday, May 2, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                       

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Haitian street vendors trying to sell paintings to sailors on the Taiwan Navy guided-missle frigate Hsi-Ning, docked for a two-day port call with two other Taiwan Navy ships and about 800 sailors and midshipmen, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday, May 2, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                          
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Two sailors from the Taiwan Navy relax and look at the National Cathedral and the skyline of Port-au-Prince as they sit on the deck of the guided-missle frigate Hsi-Ning, docked for a two-day port call with two other Taiwan Navy ships and about 800 sailors and midshipmen, in Haiti on Friday, May 2, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                        
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