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Demagoguery in Haiti - September 8, 2003

                                         
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Helmeted members of the Haitian National Palace CAT team and US security guards try to keep frenzied supporters back from the vehicle carrying President Jean-Bertrand Aristide as he left the Electricity of Haiti plant in Cite Soleil, Haiti, on Monday, Sept. 8, 2003, after he inspected recently installed turbines and promised the government is working to give the greater capital area 24-hour-a-day power by the end of the year. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                        
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Helmeted members of the Haitian National Palace CAT team try to keep frenzied supporters back from the vehicle carrying President Jean-Bertrand Aristide as he left the Electricity of Haiti plant in Cite Soleil, Haiti, on Monday, Sept. 8, 2003, where he inspected recently installed turbines and promised the government is working to give the greater capital area 24-hour-a-day power by the end of the year. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                        

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Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, left, touches foreheads in the traditional priests' greeting with Father Arthur Volel of Cite Soleil, right, after a visit to the Electricity of Haiti plant in Cite Soleil, Haiti, on Monday, Sept. 8, 2003, where he visited recently installed turbines and promised the government is working to give the greater capital area 24-hour-a-day power by the end of the year. Currently the cities and neighborhoods of the capital region only receive a few hours of electricity, sometimes only once every few days. When Aristide was a priest, he worked with Volel in Cite Soleil. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                 
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Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, left, pats the head of Father Arthur Volel of Cite Soleil, right, after a visit to the Electricity of Haiti plant in Cite Soleil, Haiti, on Monday, Sept. 8, 2003, where he visited recently installed turbines and promised the government is working to give the greater capital area 24-hour-a-day power by the end of the year. Currently the cities and neighborhoods of the capital region only receive a few hours of electricity, sometimes only once every few days. When Aristide was a priest, he worked with Volel in Cite Soleil. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                             

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Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, right, holds an envelope he received from a supporter and blows a kiss to a frenzied crowd outside the Electricity of Haiti plant in Cite Soleil, Haiti, on Monday, Sept. 8, 2003, after he visited recently installed turbines and promised the government is working to give the greater capital area 24-hour-a-day power by the end of the year. Currently the cities and neighborhoods of the capital region only receive a few hours of electricity, sometimes only once every few days. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                          
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Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, right, holds an envelope he received from a supporter and greets a frenzied crowd outside the Electricity of Haiti plant in Cite Soleil, Haiti, on Monday, September 8, 2003, after he visited recently installed turbines and promised the government is working to give the greater capital area 24-hour-a-day power by the end of the year. Currently the cities and neighborhoods of the capital region only receive a few hours of electricity, sometimes only once every few days. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                              

Fishing, the Haitian way - September 8, 2003

                                              
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Sergio Telemagues, right, places the last fish, a jack, on his catch for the day as others weigh it to pay him in the fishing village of Lully, Haiti, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2003. The Telemagues family takes to the sea each day under a makeshift sail, hunting for what is left in the over-fished, polluted waters that line the Haitian coast. Lacking motors and a more seaworthy craft, much of Haiti's fishing fleet must stay in the contaminated waters close to shore, where fish are scarce. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
                              
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Three brothers, Abraham, right, Suhio, center, and Jordany Telemagues tie down a folded sail on their fishing boat in waters off the coast near Lully, Haiti, Friday, Sept. 5, 2003. The Telemagues family takes to the sea each day under a makeshift sail, hunting for what is left in the over-fished, polluted waters that line the Haitian coast. Lacking motors and a more seaworthy craft, much of Haiti's fishing fleet must stay in the contaminated waters close to shore, where fish are scarce. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
                                     
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Jordany Telemagues, center, is handed a bowl by a relative as he and his brothers load their tiny fishing boat in the coastal town of Lully, Haiti, Friday, Sept. 5, 2003. The Telemagues family takes to the sea each day under a makeshift sail, hunting for what is left in the over-fished, polluted waters that line the Haitian coast. Lacking motors and a more seaworthy craft, much of Haiti's fishing fleet must stay in the contaminated watersclose to shore, where fish are scarce. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
                                        
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Three brothers, Abraham, left, Suhio, center, and Gladimy Telemagues guide their family's fishing sailboat close to the coast near Lully, Haiti, Friday, Sept. 5, 2003. The Telemagues family takes to the sea each day under a makeshift sail, hunting for what is left in the over-fished, polluted waters that line the Haitian coast. Lacking motors and a more seaworthy craft, much of Haiti's fishing fleet must stay in the contaminated waters close to shore, where fish are scarce. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
                                             
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Children swim of the end of a fishing boat as another makes its way along the coast near Lully, Haiti, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2003. Lacking motors and a more seaworthy craft, much of Haiti's fishing fleet must stay in the contaminated waters close to shore, where fish are scarce. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
                                          

Traveling the Haitian way - September 8, 2003

                             
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Gaspar Moreno sells watches and sunglasses to people boarding buses en route to Jacmal, in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2003. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
                        
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