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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 - Janauary 21-22, 2004

                               

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Police launched tear gas canisters against student-freedom fighters while heinous dictator, mass murderer Jean-Bertrand Aristide's criminals are allowed to demonstrate, after most of them are paid, during an anti-government demonstration, Wednesday, January 21, 2004 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AFP Photo/Thony Belizaire)
                           
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Two schoolgirls run by riot police during a student protest in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan 22, 2004. For the third time this week, police blocked a protest Thursday calling for President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's resignation while government partisans marched freely a few blocks away. Dozens of riot police told 200 medical students and physicians in front of the State University of Haiti's medical school that their march was illegal because they did not file the proper papers with authorities. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
                                                                 
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Opposition member Gervais Charles, left, executive secretary of the Bar Association Federation, speaks during a press conference as Luc Mesadieu, president of the Christian Haitian Movement, looks on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2004 at the Wyndham Crystal Palace Resort. Ending talks with Caribbean leaders, top members of Haiti's opposition on Thursday warned that progress is impossible with President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in power and vowed to press on with protests against his rule. (AP Photo/Felip Major)
                                            

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Oppostion spokesman Mischa Gaillard listens during a press conference held by the Haitian opposition Thursday, Jan. 22, 2004 at the Wyndham Crystal Palace Resort in Nassau, Bahamas. Ending talks with Caribbean leaders, top members of Haiti's opposition on Thursday warned that progress is impossible with President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in power and vowed to press on with protests against his rule. (AP Photo/Felip Major)
                                                                         
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Students wash their faces with water after the police fired teargas inside Haiti's state university in Port-au- Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan 21, 2004. A small student demonstration turned violent on Wednesday when police fired tear gas during a demonstration held against embattled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. It was the second time in three days police used tear gas to break up an anti-government demonstration. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
                                                                 
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Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie, left, holds a meeting with Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Patrick Manning, second from right, and Prime Minister of Jamaica P.J. Patterson, right, along with Haitian businessmen Carl Brown, center, and Edouard Baussant Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2004 during the meeting of CARICOM leaders at the Wyndham Crystal Palace Resort in Nassau, Bahamas. CARICOM leaders continued a second day of talks with members of the Haitian opposition to try to resolve the current unrest in Haiti. Braun and Baussant are based in Miami, Florida. (AP Photo/Tim Aylen)
                                                                     
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Prime Minister of Jamaica P.J. Patterson, left, speaks to reporters with Bahamian Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell and CARICOM Special Envoy Peter Black, right, during a press briefing after he arrived at Nassau International Airport Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2004 in Nassau, Bahamas. Patterson and other CARICOM leaders arrived in the Bahamian capital to hold talks with members of the Haitian opposition to try to resolve the current unrest in Haiti. (AP Photo/Tim Aylen)
                                  
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A supporter of Haiti's President Jean Bertrand Aristide holds an official banner during a pro government demonstration in Port-au- Prince, Wednesday, Jan 21, 2004. Thousands of Haitians marched in support of Aristide on Wednesday after police fired tear gas to prevent about 200 of his opponents from demonstrating. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
                                 
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Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Patrick Manning, center, enjoys a light moment with Bahamian Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell, left, and Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie during a lunch break from talks between CARICOM leaders and members of the Haitian opposition Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2004 at the Wyndham Crystal Palace Resort in Nassau, Bahamas. CARICOM leaders continued a second day of meetings with members of the Haitian opposition to try to resolve the current unrest in Haiti. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
                                                
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A supporter of Haiti's President Jean Bertrand Aristide holds a small calendar during a pro government demonstration in Port-au- Prince, Wednesday, Jan 21, 2004. More than 20,000 Haitians marched in support of Aristide on Wednesday after police fired tear gas to prevent about 200 of his opponents from demonstrating. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
                                        
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Jamaica's Prime Minister P.J. Patterson, center, speaks at a press conference flanked by Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie, left, and Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Patrick Manning Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2004 at the Wyndham Crystal Palace Resort in Nassau, Bahamas. The CARICOM leaders met with members of the Haitian opposition and civil society during two days of talks in the Bahamian capital to try and resolve the current instability in Haiti. (AP Photo/Tim Aylen)
                                                                        
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Jamaica's Prime Minister P.J. Patterson, center, gestures as he speaks at a press conference Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2004 at the Wyndham Crystal Palace Resort in Nassau, Bahamas. CARICOM leaders met with members of the Haitian opposition and civil society during two days of talks in the Bahamian capital to try and resolve the current instability in Haiti. (AP Photo/Tim Aylen)
                        
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