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In Gonaives and other cities, Haiti, violent protests, 'criminal Aristide must go,' murders and burning since chief bandit Jean-Bertrand Aristide brutally murdered his notorious criminal Amiot Metayer - October 13-15, 2003

                                            
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A Haitian anti-riot police officer walks in front of a march of thousands which demanded the resignation of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and which was organized by several citizens groups and opposition political parties in St. Marc, Haiti, on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003. Unrest has rocked several cities recently, with a march in St. March Monday, protests and strikes in Cap-Haitien and marches and burning barricades . (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                                                  

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A demonstrator holds a sign reading 'Aristide - Vampire!' - a reference to the recent murder of former Aristide supporter Amiot Metayer in Gonaives - as they take part in an anti-government march of thousands organized by several citizens groups and opposition political parties in St. Marc, Haiti, on Tuesday, October 14, 2003. Demonstrators, who also marched Monday, vowed to continue their mobilization until Haitien President Jean-Bertrand Aristide steps down. Unrest has rocked several cities recently,with protests and strikes in Cap-Haitien and marches and burning barricades shutting down Gonaives. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                             
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Demonstrators hold signs reading: 'Down with Aristide - Thief! Aristide - Criminal!' as they take part in an anti-government march of thousands organized by several citizens groups and opposition political parties in St. Marc, Haiti, on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003. Demonstrators, who also marched yesterday, vowed to continue their mobilization until Haitian Jean-Bertrand Aristide steps down. Unrest has rocked several cities recently, with protests and strikes in Cap-Haitien and marches and burning barricades shutting down Gonaives . (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                             
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Demonstrators hold signs reading 'Down with Aristide - Thief! Aristide - drug dealer!' as they take part in an anti-government march of thousands organized by several citizens groups and opposition political parties in St. Marc, Haiti, on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003. Demonstrators, who also marched Monday, vowed to continue their mobilization until Haitian Jean-Bertrand Aristide steps down. Unrest has rocked several cities recently, with protests and strikes in Cap-Haitien and marches and burning barricadesshutting down Gonaives. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                   
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Empty market stands in a downtown street in St. Marc, Haiti, where thousands marched to demand the resignation of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in the second protest this week organized by several citizens groups and opposition political parties on Tuesday, October 14, 2003. Unrest has rocked several cities recently, with protests and strikes in Cap-Haitien and marches and burning barricades shutting down Gonaives. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                        
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Haitian police pass a car carcass used as a barricade earlier in the day during a march of thousands which demanded the resignation of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and was organized by several citizens groups and opposition political parties in St. Marc, Haiti, on Tuesday, October 14, 2003. Unrest has rocked several cities recently, with a march in St. March yesterday, protests and strikes in Cap-Haitien and marches and burning barricades shutting down Gonaives. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                               
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A boy carries a bucket of water past a burnt-out car used as a barricade earlier in the day prior to a march of thousands which demanded the resignation of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and was organized by several citizens groups and opposition political parties in St. Marc, Haiti, on Tuesday, Oct.14, 2003. Unrest has rocked several cities recently, with a march in St. March Monday, protests and strikes in Cap-Haitien and marches and burning barricades shutting down Gonaives. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                                 
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Charles Franck Rene, 70, coordinator of the St. Marc Citizens Movement, who said he spent most of the Duvalier dictatorship in exile and came back to witness democracy in Haiti, says 'The Americans say Aristide has to serve out his term, but we say he has to go because this is not democracy,' before taking part in a march of thousands which demanded the resignation of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide organized by several citizens groups and opposition political parties in St. Marc, Haiti, on Tuesday, October 14, 2003. Unrest has rocked several cities recently, with a march in St. March Monday, protests and strikes in Cap-Haitien and marches and burning barricades shutting down Gonaives. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                 
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Supporters of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide walk across a street in Jacmel, Haiti, as they take part in an operation where two dozen men and women, many with tee shirts adorned with the president's photo, put up Aristide posters and posters with a slogan saying that despite the demonstrations in several cities calling for his resignation, Aristide would serve out his five-year mandate, on Wednesday, October 15, 2003, the ninth anniversary of Aristide's return to Haiti a month after 21,000 USsoldiers invaded to end the three-year military regime which ousted him in 1991. The supporters are part of a counter-offensive which pro-government so-called popular organizations announced today and is in response to the anti-Aristide marches, protests, strikes and burning barricades which have rocked a number of cities across the country for the past four weeks. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                       
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Supporters of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide putting up posters adorned with the president's photo in Jacmel, Haiti, and saying that despite the anti-Aristide demonstrations in several cities calling for his resignation, he would serve out his five-year mandate, on Wednesday, October 15, 2003, the ninth anniversary of Aristide's return to Haiti a month after 21,000 US soldiers invaded to end the three-year military regime which ousted him in 1991. The two dozen supporters who put up posters today are part of a counter-offensive which pro-government so-called popular organizations announced and is in response to the anti-Aristide marches, protests, strikes and burning barricades which have rocked a number of cities across the country for the past four weeks. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                        
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