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| Friends and family members of Roland Francois and Pierre Rosemond, killed while in custody according to family members of the Haitian National Police on July 21 place Francois' coffin and dozens of wreaths into a tomb at the National Cemetary in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as they shout slogans blaming President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his government for the two murders, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2003. According to local media, Francois was a well-known gang leader and government supporter, who was said to control the Tet Boeuf marketplace. His relatives added that his murder was the result of rivalry between two pro-government gangs. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) | |||
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| Unidentified friends and family members of Roland Francois and Pierre Rosemond, killed while in custody of the Haitian National Police on July 21 according to family members, protest demanding justice and shout 'Down with Jean-Bertrand Aristide! Aristide murderer!' during the funeral procession to the National Cemetary in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2003. According to local media, Francois was a well-known gang leader and government supporter, who was said to control the Tet Boeuf marketplace. His relatives added that his murder was the result of rivalry between two pro-government gangs. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) | |||
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| Unidentified friends and family members of Roland Francois and Pierre Rosemond, killed while in custody of the Haitian National Police on July 21 according to family members, carry Francois' coffin through the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, demanding justice and chanting 'Down with Jean-Bertrand Aristide! Aristide murderer!' during the funeral procession to the National Cemetary on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2003. According to local media, Francois was a well-known gang leader and government supporter, who was said to control the Tet Boeuf marketplace. His relatives added that his murder was the result of rivalry between two pro-government gangs. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) | |||
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| Friends and family members of Roland Francois and Pierre Rosemond, killed while in custody of the Haitian National Police on July 21 according to family members, carry wreaths during the funeral procession to the National Cemetary through the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where they demanded justice and shouted 'Down with Jean-Bertrand Aristide! Aristide murderer!' Saturday, Aug. 2, 2003. According to local media, Francois was a well-known gang leader and government supporter, who was said to control the Tet Boeuf marketplace. His relatives added that his murder was the result of rivalry between two pro-government gangs. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) | |||
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| Friends and family members of Roland Francois and Pierre Rosemond, killed while in custody of the Haitian National Police on July 21 according to family members, carry the coffins of the two men down the walkway of the National Cemetary in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, demanding justice and chanting 'Down with Jean-Bertrand Aristide! Aristide murderer!' on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2003. According to local media, Francois was a well-known gang leader and government supporter, who was said to control the Tet Boeuf marketplace. His relatives added that his murder was the result of rivalry between two pro-government gangs. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) | |||
It is official ... Haiti now has close to 8 million people - August 7, 2003 |
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| Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide greets an unidentified journalist after a press conference where he announced the results of a national census -- the first official count of Haiti's population since the Duvalier dictatorship -- which pegged the population at 7,929,048, at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday, August 7, 2003. It was the fourth census in Haiti's nearly 200-year history. The others were taken in 1950, 1971, and 1982, when the population was 5 million. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) | |||
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| Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, right, with Minister of Finance Gustave Faubert to his left, announces the results of a national census -- the first official count of Haiti's population since the Duvalier dictatorship -- which pegged the population at 7,929,048, at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday, August 7, 2003. It was the fourth census in Haiti's nearly 200-year history. The others were taken in 1950, 1971, and 1982, when the population was 5 million. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) | |||
