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In Gonaives and other cities, Haiti, violent protests, peaceful protests, fast growing armed revolts, 'criminal Aristide must go,' murders and burning since uncommonly chief bandit Jean-Bertrand Aristide brutally murdered his notorious criminal Amiot Metayer - February 22, 2004

                                     

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Rebel soldiers from the Haitian National Revolutionary Liberation Front look on as Commandant Louis Jodel Chamblin (L), loads his riffle as the the rebels were taking over the Cap-Haitien police station in Cap-Haitien, Sunday, February 22, 2004. (Reuters/Daniel Morel)
                      

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Haitian rebel leader Louis-Jodel Chamblain shoots as the rebels take over the police station of Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Sunday, Feb.22, 2004. Rebels captured Haiti's second-largest city with little resistance Sunday, claiming Cap-Haitien as their biggest prize in a two-week uprising that has driven government forces from half the country. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                                     

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Commandant Louis Jodel Chamblin fires, towards of the buildings at the Cap-Haitien police headquarters in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, as he leads a commando of rebel soldiers from the Haitian National Revolutionary Liberation Front to take over the Cap-Haitien police station in the city on Sunday, February 22, 2004. (Reuters/Daniel Aguilar)
                              

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A fire burned in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, today after rebels took control of the city. (N.Y.Times/Michelle Viagins)
                                  

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An Haitian loots the police station of Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2004. Rebels on Sunday seized the government's last major bastion in the north, Cap-Haitien, shooting off celebratory rounds in the air as people looted and several torched buildings sent a pall of black smoke over the city. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                              

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A rebel drinks a coke at the police station of Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2004. Rebels on Sunday seized the government's last major bastion in the north, Cap-Haitien, shooting off celebratory rounds in the air as people looted and several torched buildings sent a pall of black smoke over the city. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                                    

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A Haitian looks the burning police station of Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2004. Rebels on Sunday seized the government's last major bastion in the north, Cap-Haitien, shooting off celebratory rounds in the air as people looted and several torched buildings sent a pall of black smoke over the city. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                           

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Haitian rebel leader Louis-Jodel Chamblain is seen in front of the burning police station of Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2004. Rebels on Sunday seized the government's last major bastion in the north, Cap-Haitien, shooting off celebratory rounds in the air as people looted and several torched buildings sent a pall of black smoke over the city. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                 

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A masked anti-Aristide demonstrator (L) and bystanders watch anti-Aristide protesters in Port-au-Prince, Sunday, February 22, 2004. Hooded, heavily-armed rebels seized control of Haiti's second-largest city, Cap-Haitien, also Sunday, February 22, 2004. (AFP/Jaime Razuri)
                              

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Haitian rebels patrol a street in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2004. Rebels on Sunday seized the government's last major bastion in the north, Cap-Haitien, shooting off celebratory rounds in the air as people looted and several torched buildings sent a pall of black smoke over the city. (Walter Astrada)
                           

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A Haitian rebel shouts others take positions at the police station of Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2004. Rebels on Sunday seized the government's last major bastion in the north, Cap-Haitien, shooting off celebratory rounds in the air as people looted and several torched buildings sent a pall of black smoke over the city. (Walter Astrada)
                                                

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Haitian people push a car away from the burning police station of Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2004. Rebels on Sunday seized the government's last major bastion in the north, Cap-Haitien, shooting off celebratory rounds in the air as people looted and several torched buildings sent a pall of black smoke over the city. (Walter Astrada)
                                         

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An resident of Cap-Haitien embraces a rebel in front of the police station of Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2004. Rebels on Sunday seized the government's last major bastion in the north, Cap-Haitien, shooting off celebratory rounds in the air as people looted and several torched buildings sent a pall of black smoke over the city. (Walter Astrada)
                                            

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Students holding rocks control a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Sunday Feb, 22, 2004. An international delegation left Haiti with pledges from President Jean-Bertrand Aristide that he will share power with rivals but no such agreement from the opposition, which said the president must step down for there to be peace. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli)
                                    

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A student runs to take over from stones thrown by Arisitide supporters in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday Feb, 22, 2004. An international delegation left Haiti with pledges from President Jean-Bertrand Aristide that he will share power with rivals but no such agreement from the opposition, which said the president must step down for there to be peace. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli)
                                         

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Haitian rebel leader Guy Philippe is greeted as he arrives at Mon Joli Hotel in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2004. Rebels captured Haiti's second-largest city with little resistance Sunday, their biggest prize in a two-week uprising that has driven government forces from half the country. Man front left is unidentified. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                 

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An unidentified student throws rocks in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Sunday Feb, 22, 2004. A team of diplomats from the United States, Caribbean countries, Canada, France and the Organization of American States departed Saturday night after a day of talks in which Aristide said he had agreed to a new prime minister and government to organize parliamentary elections. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli)
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Looters made off with battered file cabinets, computer equipments, riot shields and rolled up mattresses in the aftermath of the fight for the police station, above, in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Sunday, February 22, 2004. (AP/Daniel Morel)
                        
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