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In Haiti a long awaited students anti-Dominican protest turns violent, and at least 3 shot - December 12-13, 2005

                             
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Haitians battle with police during a demonstration against the visit of Dominican President Leonel Fernandez in front of the Presidential Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Monday, Dec.12, 2005. Dominican President Leonel Fernandez visited Haiti for one day. (AP Photo/Jack Tierney)
                     

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Dominican President Leonel Fernandez embrances Haitian interim President Boniface Alexandre at the Presidential Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Monday, Dec. 12, 2005. Fernandez visited Haiti for one day and demonstrators gathered in front of the palace to protest his visit. (AP Photo/Evens Sanon)
             

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Haitian President Boniface Alexandre (L) walks with Dominican President Leonel Fernandez (R) 12 December 2005 at the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince. The Haitian government condemned violent protests that forced the president of the Dominican Republic to cut short his visit to Haiti amid tensions between the two countries over the treatment of Haitian immigrants.(AFP/Thony Belizaire)
                            
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People are seen with newspapers with the headline reading 'Leonel condemned in Haiti' in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2005, referring to the violent protests that disrupted the one-day visit of the Dominican President Leonel Fernandez to the neighboring country on Monday. (AP Photo/Ramn Espinosa)
                                         

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Haitians battle with police during a demonstration against the visit of Dominican President Leonel Fernandez in front of the Presidential Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Monday, Dec. 12, 2005. Dominican President Leonel Fernandez visited Haiti for one day. (AP Photo/Jack Tierney)
                               
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A Haitian man jumps over a burning pyre during a demonstration against the visit of Dominican President Leonel Fernandez in front of the Presidential Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Monday, Dec. 12, 2005. Dominican President Leonel Fernandez visited Haiti for one day.(AP Photo/Jack Tierney)
                                   
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Demonstrators run through plumes of smoke after firefighters doused a burning tire during a protest in front of the Presidential Palace against the treatment of Haitian migrants in neighboring Dominican Republic during the visit of Dominican President Leonel Fernandez in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Monday, Dec. 12, 2005. (AP Photo/Jack Tierney)
                                          
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Demonstrators protest in front of the Presidential Palace with a burning tire against the treatment of Haitian migrants in neighboring Dominican Republic during the visit of Dominican President Leonel Fernandez in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Monday, Dec. 12, 2005. (AP Photo/Jack Tierney)
                                 
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Demonstrators carry a wounded woman during protest in front of the Presidential Palace against the treatment of Haitian migrants in neighboring Dominican Republic during the visit of Dominican President Leonel Fernandez in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Monday, Dec. 12, 2005. (AP Photo/Jack Tierney)
                                   
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Haitians protest in front of the Presidential Palace with a burning tire against the treatment of Haitian migrants in neighboring Dominican Republic during the visit of Dominican President Leonel Fernandez in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Monday, Dec. 12, 2005. (AP Photo/Jack Tierney)
                        
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