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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 21-22, 2004

                                   

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People in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, drag objects out of the Cap-Haitien police station after rebel Haitian National Revolutionary Liberation Front took over the police station and the city. (Reuters/Daniel Aguilar)
                                                      

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A rebel soldier from the Haitian National Revolutionary Liberation Front shoots as Commander Louis Jodel Chamblain reloads his gun in front of the Cap-Haitien police station after the rebels took the police station and the city. (Reuters/Daniel Aguilar)
                                         

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The body of an Aristide supporter lies dead on a street in 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. (Walter Astrada)
                                     

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A man carries a looted sack of rice at the port 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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Rebel soldiers from the Haitian National Revolutionary Liberation Front rest in the lobby of the Mon Joli Hotel in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2004. The 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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Rebel soldiers from the Haitian National Revolutionary Liberation Front rest in the lobby of the Mon Joli Hotel in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2004. The 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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A rebel looks on as rebel leader Louis-Jodel Chamblain , left, loads his rifle, preparing to take over the Cap-Haitien police station in 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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A masked anti-Aristide demonstrator (L) and bystanders watch anti-Aristide protesters in Port-au-Prince. Hooded, heavily-armed rebels seized control of Haiti's second-largest city, Cap-Haitien.(AFP/Jaime Razuri)
                               

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Anti-Aristide demonstrators hold rocks on a street corner during clashes with police in Port-au-Prince. Elsewhere in Haiti, hooded, heavily-armed rebels seized control of the country's second-largest city, Cap-Haitien, as diplomats stepped up pressure on the unarmed political opposition to drop demands for embattled President Jean Bertrand Aristide's ouster.(AFP/Jaime Razuri)
                                 

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People transport looted goods at the port 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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A Haitian man shows off his shirt in support of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, February 22, 2004. (Reuters/Daniel Aguilar)
                                   

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Haitian street vendors sell food in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, February 22, 2004. (Reuters/Daniel Aguilar)
                                      

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Haitian street vendors sell food in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, February 22, 2004. (Reuters/Daniel Aguilar)
                          
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A worker at the local morgue moved the body of a 14-year-old girl killed on Saturday, February 14, 2004, during the chaotic distribution of in Gonaives, Haiti. (AP)
                                       

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Lovigne Evens lies in the hospital at Gonaives, Haiti, February 21, 2004, accompanied by family members after having his arm amputated. The man had his arm amputated after being wounded by gunfire on February 18, 2004 during violence at the Red Cross food distribution. (Reuters/Carlos Cazalis)
                           
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People look at the body of a man who was shot and killed inside the firehouse in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, during the attack of the Haitian National Revolutionary Liberation Front, February 22, 2004. (Reuters/Daniel Morel)
                             

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Haitian National Revolutionary Liberation Front Commander-in-Chief, Guy Philippe, hugs other soldiers from the Front in Cap-Haitien, Haiti as they celebrate after their assault and capture of Haiti's second-largest city on February 22, 2004. (Reuters/Daniel Morel).
                          

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People carry sacks of rice from the port in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, after they looted it following the attack of the Haitian National Revolutionary Liberation Front and capture of Cap-Haitien, also by the Front, February 22, 2004. 
                                      

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Masked anti-Aristide demonstrators hold rocks on a street corner in Port-Au-Prince. Some 30 demonstrators clashed with police during the protest. Elsewhere in Haiti, hooded, heavily-armed rebels seized control of the country's second-largest city, Cap-Haitien, as diplomats stepped up pressure on the unarmed political opposition to drop demands for embattled President Jean Bertrand Aristide's ouster(AFP/Jaime Razuri)
                                            

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Soldiers from the Haitian National Revolutionary Liberation Front patrol the streets of Cap-Haitien after the Front took over the police station and gained control of Cap-Haitien, February 22, 2004. (Reuters/Daniel Morel)
                    

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The body of a man believed to be a firefighter lay inside the firehouse after an attack in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, and ultimately the capture of the city by the Haitian National Revolutionary Liberation Front, February 22, 2004. (Reuters/Daniel Morel)
                            

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People carry away looted goods, including sacks of rice and flour from the the port 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. (Walter Astrada)
                                        

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Hatian people loot 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)
                      

And ... the street celebrations before the final ones, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

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People in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, celebrate as convoy of the Haitian National Revolutionary Liberation Front parades through town after their assault and capture of Haiti's second largest city, Cap-Haitien, Sunday, February 22, 2004. (Reuters/Daniel Morel)
                        
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