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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 28, 2004

                            
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Rebel Leader Guy Philippe at his headquarters at the Mont Joli Hotel in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, reading international news on the Internet, Saturday, February 28, 2004. (AP/Pablo Aneli)
                        

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The dead body of an unidentified man lies in the streets in front of the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Saturday, Feb. 28, 2004. The man was shot dead Friday night. (AP Photo/Rodrigo abd)
                        
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The body of an unidentified man shot dead the previous night lies in the streets in front of the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Saturday, Feb. 28, 2004. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
                           

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Rebels patrol the streets near their headquarters at the Mont Joli Hotel in Cap Haitien, Haiti's second largest city, Saturday Feb 28, 2004. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli).
                            
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Rebel leader Louis-Jodel Chamblain, left, smokes a cigarette at the Mont Joli Hotel in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2004. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli).
                             
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Rebel leader Guy Philippe, center, speaks with others rebels during breakfast at the Mont Joli Hotel in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2004. Anarchy spread across Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince on Saturday as residents looted warehouses, government loyalists attacked passers-by and rebels advanced closer to the seat of power. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli).
                                
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Rebel leader Guy Philippe sits with other rebels in Mont Joli Hotel in Cap Haitien, Haiti, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2004. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli).
                                           

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Three Hercules military transports were dispatched to Haiti by Prime Minister Paul Martin on Saturday to bring home any Canadians who want to flee the war-torn country. (CP /Jonathan Hayward)
                                                      
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A Haitian policeman disperses a crowd of onlookers who gathered to watch Haitian refugees (R) who were returned to Haiti by the US Coast Guard. Hundreds of Haitian protesters in Canada demanded that President Jean Bertrand Aristide resign(AFP/Yuri Cortez)
                                                  
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An unidentified Haitian that was rescued in the Caribbean by a US Coast Guard cutter carries a boy at the Carrefour port, in the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2004. Three hundred Haitian boat people that were intercepted in the Caribbean by the US Coast Guard were returned to Haiti. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
                                    

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Rebel commander Wilfort Ferdinand, also known by the nickname Ti-Wil, greets leader Guy Philippe, right, with an affectionate pat as he arrives with a group of rebel troops in Cap Haitien, Haiti, Saturday. (AP /Pablo Aneli).
                                          

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A Haitian man hauls a handcart through a trash strewn street near the port in downtown Port-Au-Prince. Canada sent three military planes to Haiti to repatriate its citizens wanting to leave(AFP/Yuri Cortez)
                                                      
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Supporters of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide march through the Brooklyn borough of New York, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2004, demanding the United States and France honor Aristide's five-year mandate in Haiti. (AP Photo/Jennifer Szymaszek)
                                           
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An unidentified man carries meat on the street in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Friday, Feb 27, 2004. In a country already desperately poor, Haiti's bloody uprising has impeded shipments of food and aid and driven up prices, putting even the most basic staples beyond the reach of many of the neediest Haitians. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli)
                                     
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An unidentified woman sells vegetables in a general market in downtown Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Thursday, Feb 26, 2004. In a country already desperately poor, Haiti's bloody uprising has impeded shipments of food and aid and driven up prices, putting even the most basic staples beyond the reach of many of the neediest Haitians. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli).
                         
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Jim Jacques, 7, right, and Julie Jacques, 4, center, eat with their mother Roseline in a small neighborhood near downtown, Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Friday Feb. 27, 2004. In a country already desperately poor, Haiti's bloody uprising has impeded shipments of food and aid and driven up prices, putting even the most basic staples beyond the reach of many of the neediest Haitians. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli).
                                                       
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Roseline Jacques, 30, holds her children Kenlove, 1, Kenly, 1, with Tim, 7, right, in her house in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Friday, Feb 27, 2004. In a country already desperately poor, Haiti's bloody uprising has impeded shipments of food and aid and driven up prices, putting even the most basic staples beyond the reach of many of the neediest Haitians. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli).
                                   

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Haitian women sell vegetables in a general market in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Thursday, Feb 26, 2004. In a country already desperately poor, Haiti's bloody uprising has impeded shipments of food and aid and driven up prices, putting even the most basic staples beyond the reach of many of the neediest Haitians. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli).
                                        

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A woman wanting to leave Haiti for New York lifts her daughter as they squeeze through Hatian policemen at the International Airport in Port-Au-Prince(AFP/Roberto Schmidt)
                                       

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Rebel commander Wilfort Ferdinand, also known by the nickname Ti-Wil, greets leader Guy Philippe, right, with an affectionate pat as he arrives with a group of rebel troops in Cap Haitien, Haiti, Saturday Feb 28, 2004. The rebels said Ferdinand's group had come from Gonaives, a city south of Cap-Haitien. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli).
                        
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