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In Gonaives and other cities, Haiti, violent protests, peaceful protests, 'criminal Aristide must go,' murders and burning since uncommonly chief bandit Jean-Bertrand Aristide brutally murdered his notorious criminal Amiot Metayer - January 8-9, 2004

                   
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A patient eats as others wait to be attended at the General Hospital of the Haitian State in Port-au Prince, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 9, 2003. The Democratic Platform, a coalition of opposition parties and civil groups, are on the second day of a two-day strike government opponents called to press for President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's resignation. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                                       
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A patient waits to be attended at the General Hospital of the Haitian State in Port-au Prince, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 9, 2003. The Democratic Platform, a coalition of opposition parties and civil groups, are on the second day of a two-day strike government opponents called to press for President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's resignation. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                                             
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Street vendors wait for customers in a market in Port-au Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004. The most businesses were closed, but the informal commerce continued, as the Democratic Platform, a coalition of opposition parties and civil groups, called a two-day protest strike against Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                                
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An unidentified man walks in a close gas station in Port-au Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004. Most businesses were closed in Haiti's capital Thursday as opponents of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide answered a call for a two-day protest strike and stepped up demands for him to resign. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                                          
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An unidentified boy walks in front of a closed shop in Port-au Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004. Democratic Platform, a coalition of opposition parties and civil groups, called a two-day protest strike against Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristidea. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                                  
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Etienne, the school guardian sits in the entrance of the Lycee of Petion Ville, Port-au Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004. Democratic Platform, a coalition of opposition parties and civil groups, called a two-day protest strike against Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Many schools in Port-au-Prince had been scheduled to start classes on Tuesday, but delayed the term's opening due to the unrest. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                        
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