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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 - February 8-9, 2004

                 
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An unidentified man lies dead in the main street of Saint Marc, 45 miles west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after being allegedly shot and killed by Aristide supporters according to witnesses Monday, Feb 9, 2004. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
                                
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Antoine Delva, 34, a bystander who was shot during gunbattles between policemen and rebels, lies injured in a hospital in Saint Marc, 45 miles west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti Monday, Feb 9, 2004. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
                                
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People make their way by foot toward the bridge at the blocked entrance of Grand Goave, 31 miles (50 km) southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti Monday, Feb. 9, 2004, a day after rebels evicted the police and torched the station. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                                  
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A man carries a bag of produce past the blocked entrance of Grand Goave, 31 miles (50 km) southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti Monday, Feb. 9, 2004, a day after rebels evicted the police and torched the station. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                                  

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Police are positioned amid supporters of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide during a rally. Rebel fighters in Haiti's north, now plunged into chaos, battled authorities as they pressed their violent drive to force President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to step down.(AFP/File/Thony Belizaire)
                         

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A man pushes a box containing a television in St Marc's Port, Haiti Sunday, February 8, 2004. (AP/Rodrigo Abd)
                                     
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A man carries a mattress in the port of St. Marc, 90 km (55 miles) north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2004. Hundreds of people looted shipping containers Sunday in this west coast town as rebels maintained control of several communities in the area, including a key Haitian city, in an escalating uprising to drive Haiti's president from power. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
                     
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People walk towards a bridge, blocked by trucks and buses, at the entrance of Grand Goave, 31 miles (50 km) southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti Monday, Feb. 9, 2004 in an attempt to go south. A popular uprising spread Monday with anti-government rebels seizing control of at least nine towns in western Haiti and the death toll rising to at least 46 in the strongest challenge yet to the authority of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Police have deserted at least nine towns including Grand Goave . (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                          
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People loot a container at the port of St Marc, 90 km (55 miles) north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti Sunday, Feb. 8, 2004. Hundreds of people looted shipping containers Sunday in this west coast town as rebels maintained control of several communities in the area, including a key Haitian city, in an escalating uprising to drive Haiti's president from power. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
                                 

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Tyrant Jean-Bertrand Aristide ... in self-invited deep trouble that he now looks like an old man. (AP Photo) 
                                
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A boy plays with a toy as other people continue looting St Marc's Port, 90 km (55miles) north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2004. Hundreds of people looted shipping containers Sunday, carrying away television sets and sacks of flour a day after armed government opponents drove police out of this western town in a widening uprising against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
                                    
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People carry objects after a looting shipping containers in the port of St. Marc, 90 km (55 miles) north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2004. Hundreds of people looted shipping containers Sunday, carrying away television sets and sacks of flour a day after armed government opponents drove police out of this western town in a widening uprising against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
                                               
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Relatives carries the coffin of a family member as an armed Aristide supporter patrols the streets in Saint Marc ,90 km (50 miles) north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2004. Hundreds of people looted shipping containers Sunday, carrying away television sets and sacks of flour a day after armed government opponents drove police out of this western town in a widening uprising against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
                                    
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Looters scour the port in St.-Marc, Haiti, for any merchandise they can find in shipping containers after the police station, courthouse and port were sacked and partially burned by an armed gang and its supporters on February 8, 2004. (Reuters Photo)
                        
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