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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 23-24, 2004

                    

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Rebel leader Louis Jodel Chamblain waves outside of an airport standing on calendars with pictures of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Cap-Haitien, Monday Feb. 23, 2004 the day after rebels overran Haiti's second-largest city. (AP Photo/ Walter Astrada) 
                                                
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Yves Giovannoni, head of operations for Latin America and the Caribbean of the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, briefs the press in front of a map of Haiti about the humanitarian situation in Haiti, at the ICRC headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 23, 2004. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)
                      
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People loot the house of a man suspected of being an Aristide supporter in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 23, 2004. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                                      
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Andre Apaid, one of the opposition leaders, speaks during a news conference in Hotel Villa Creole, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday Feb. 23, 2004. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli)
                                     
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Rebel leader Louis Jodel Chamblain, left, helps transport Radio Hispaniola director Elie Saint-Pierre at the airport in Cap-Haitien, Haiti's second largest city, Monday, Feb. 23, 2004. Saint-Pierre, was shot and wounded last Saturday by government loyalists. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                                
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An unidentified Haitian girl walks through a road block in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday Feb 23, 2004. Aristide supporters have built barricades to protect the city after two police stations outside Port-au-Prince were attacked Sunday. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli)
                                                            
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Haitian rebel leader Guy Philippe speaks with a rebel soldier in front of the Mont Joli Hotel in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 23, 2004. Rebels who overran Haiti's second-largest city of Cap-Haitien began detaining people identified as supporters of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Monday and said they would attack the capital Port-au-Prince soon. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                               
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A Haitian man, suspected of being a supporter of Haitian President Jean Bertrand-Aristide, is detained by rebels in the streets of Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 23, 2004. Rebels who overran Haiti's second-largest city of Cap-Haitien began detaining people identified as supporters of Aristide on Monday and said they would attack the capital of Port-au-Prince soon. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                           
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Haitians loot the Cap-Haitien airport in Haiti, Monday, Feb. 23, 2004. After protesters drove police from Cap-Haitien, a city of 500,000 on Haiti's north coast, thousands of people went on a looting spree.(AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                                      
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People celebrate as anti-Aristide rebels drive through the streets of Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 23, 2004. Rebels who overran Haiti's second-largest city of Cap-Haitien began detaining people identified as supporters of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Monday and said they would attack the capital Port-au-Prince soon. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                                  
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Rebels patrol the airport in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 23, 2004. Rebels who overran Haiti's second-largest city of Cap-Haitien began detaining people identified as supporters of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Monday and said they would attack the capital Port-au-Prince soon. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                            

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A dead man lies in the ground close to a police station in Bon Repos, 30 kms north of the Haiti capital Port-Au-Prince. Some 10 civilians were killed in the rebel capture of Cap Haitien -- Haiti's second city.(AFP/File/Jaime Razuri)

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A Haitian policeman sits near bullet holes in the police station in Bon Repos. The crisis in Haiti exploded as armed rebels took captured Cap-Haitien, the country's second-largest city, and threatened to move on the capital.(AFP/Thony Belizaire)
                                                  

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Haitian opposition leaders Andre Apaid (R) and Evans Paul (L) arrive to give a press conference in a hotel at Port-Au-Prince.(AFP/Jaime Razuri)
                          
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Supporters of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide scream at the gate of the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti during his news conference, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004. Aristide appealed for the world to come to Haiti's aid, warning that thousands of deaths and a wave of boat people could result from political chaos. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
                                  
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President Jean-Bertrand Aristide waves after a news conference at the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004. Aristide appealed for the world to come to Haiti's aid, warning that thousands of deaths and a wave of boat people could result from political chaos. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
                                 

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Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004. Aristide appealed for the world to come to Haiti's aid, warning that thousands of deaths and a wave of boat people could result from political chaos. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
                                                              
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A Haitian pulls a cart in front of the US Embassy guarded by a US Marine in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004. U.S. Marines were flown in Monday to protect the American Embassy and diplomats as rebels threatened to attack the city soon. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
                                 

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A US marine guards a corner of the roof of the US embassy in Port-Au-Prince. US officials want to resolve Haiti's crisis politically rather than by sending a peacekeeping force to pacify the Caribbean nation.(AFP/Roberto Schmidt)
                                   
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Supporters of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide scream at the gate of the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince while he holds a news conference, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004. Aristide appealed for the world to come to Haiti's aid, warning that thousands of deaths and a wave of boat people could result from political chaos. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)  
                        
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