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The aftermath of Haiti's uncommonly vicious tyrant Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his murderous regime's end - April 5-11, 2004

                       
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People participate in a voodoo ceremony in Souvenance, a village 90 miles north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, April,11, 2004. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                               

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Haitian girls dance alongside Rara bands in Souvenance, a village 90 miles north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, April,11, 2004. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                               
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People participate in a voodoo ceremony in Souvenance, a village 90 miles north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, April,11, 2004. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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People participate in a voodoo ceremony in Souvenance, a village 90 miles north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, April,11, 2004. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                                 
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Gunnery Sgt. James Ganbrell, 29, from Grand Junction, Colorado, talks to the Associated Press, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, April 7, 2004. Faced with the daunting task of trying to rebuild this Caribbean nation for a second time in less than a decade, U.S. troops are back in Haiti, their 90-day mission hampered by a limited mandate and disappointments of the 1994 intervention. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                     
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A U.S. marine directs traffic at a checkpoint in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, April 7, 2004. The U.S. marines and the Haitian police are checking cars searching for weapons and drugs. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                                   
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Canadian Minister of National Defense David Pratt visits Canadian troops at the Canadian Base in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, April 9, 2004. Pratt said he spoke with interim President Boniface Alexandre about the possibility of Canadians training the Haitian police force, which was disbanded for weeks in areas where rebels took control during the uprising that led to Aristide's ouster. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                                           
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An armed civilian in camoflauge talks with officers in the Les Cayes police department, which was burned and looted by vandals during Haiti's recent uprising in Les Cayes,Haiti,Thursday,April 8,2004. Officers there are just returning to their jobs after a bloody revolt toppled Haiti's president and prompted the arrival of peacekeepers.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                                        
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Police detain a man on suspicion of fraud in Police Station in Les Cayes,Haiti,Thursday,April 08,2004. Officers there are just returning to their jobs after a bloody revolt toppled Haiti's president and prompted the arrival of peacekeeper.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                              
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Residents of Les Cayes stand against a wall sprayed with graffitti calling for the downfall of ex-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's Lavalas Family Party in Les Cayes,Haiti, Thursday,April 8,2004.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                         
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Inspector Joseph Avril of the Les Cayes police force is seen through a windshield shattered by vandals who attacked during Haiti's recent uprising in Police Station in Les Cayes,Haiti. (AP Photo)
                             
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Haitian police check a car as a U.S. marine watches at a checkpoint in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, April 7, 2004. The U.S. marines and Haitian police were checking cars looking for guns and drugs. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                                
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Amnesty delegation leader Yvonne Terlingen, talks to the media during a news conference of Amnesty International at the Montana Hotel, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, April 7, 2004. Amnesty International urged Haiti's interim government Wednesday to crack down on human rights violators and stop reprisals against members of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's government. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                             
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U.S. marines stand guard at an elementary school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 6, 2004. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                                    

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Haitian students watch U.S. Marines at an elementary school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 6, 2004. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                            
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Haitian Emmanuel Clersaint, lawyer of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's interior minister Jocelerme Privert, talks with reporters in front of the National Penitenciary in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 6, 2004. Police arrested Privert holding him on suspicion of orchestrating the killings of several people presumed to be Aristide opponents. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                                           
                       

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Haitian Minister of the Interior Jocelerme Privert, is seen in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in this May 1, 2003 file photo. The former minister was arrested Tuesday April 6, 2004 on suspicion of orchestrating the murders of several people presumed to be ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide opponents, officials said. Haitian officials told the media he was under the protection of the U.S. Embassy. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                       
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U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, center, talks with U.S. marines on the grounds of the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, April 5, 2004. Powell said Monday prospects are good for sending a U.N.-sponsored peacekeeping force to replace the U.S.-led multinational force that arrived shortly after the Feb. 29 departure of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. (AP Photo/Paul Viala)
                             
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U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell salutes a U.S. marine at the Toussaint Louverture airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, April 5, 2004. (AP Photo/Paul Viala)
                                             
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Haitian Prime Minister Gerard Latortue, right shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell at the Toussaint Louverture airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, April 5, 2004. (AP Photo/Paul Viala)
                                  

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U.S. Marines guard the streets outside the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday April 5, 2004 as U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived to meet with leaders of the interim government and with commanders of the U.S.-led multinational force in the country. In foreground blowing a conch shell is a statue of Boukman, an escaped slave who made the call for liberation in 1791. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                  
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U.S. Marines patrol the streets in Port-au-Prince, Haiti April 5, 2004, as U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived to the country to meet with leaders of the interim government. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                        
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