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The aftermath of Haiti's uncommonly vicious tyrant Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his murderous regime's end - April 19-24, 2004

                                     

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A boarding team from the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Forward approaches a heavily-laden Haitian migrant vessel in high seas of the Windward Passage on April 23, 2004. (Photo/Reuters)
                                                                      
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A U.S Marine search for weapons in a alley in Belen, a district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 20, 2004. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                                                          
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Dominican President Hipolito Mejia, right, talks with the media as Haiti's interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue looks on during a joint news conference at a hotel in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Friday, April 23, 2004. Latortue is in a one-day visit marking the first face-to-face discussions since Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted Feb. 29. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                                       
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Haitian Prime Minister Gerard Latortue, center. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                                                          
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Chilean military forces carry boxes with medicines to deliver to seven different hospitals in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Friday, April 23, 2004. (Ap Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
                                        

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Haiti's interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue, right, arrives at the Fatherland Altar in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Friday, April 23, 2004. Latortue is in a one day visit marking the first face-to-face discussions since Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted Feb. 29. (AP Photo/Miguel Gomez)
                                 
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Former Dominican president and current candidate for the Dominican Liberation Party, Leonel Fernandez, left, talks with Haiti's interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue on Friday, April 23, 2004 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Latortue is in a one day visit marking the first face-to-face discussions since Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted Feb. 29. (AP Photo/Miguel Gomez)
                                 
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Haitian interim Prime Minister, Gerard Latortue, left, introduces to the press a bipartisan delegation of U.S congressmen, left to right, Elijah Cummins, D-Md., Cass Ballenger, R-N.C., in background, Mark Foley, R-Fla., Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., and Jeff Miller, R-Fla., at the Toussaint Louverture airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Friday, April 23, 2004. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
                                              
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Children look at U.S helicopters in Petit Goave, a small city 60 km (40 miles) southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti Saturday, April 24, 2004. Violently divided over politics for years, this coastal town headed for a showdown with police hunting for a gang of young men who helped oust President Jean-Bertrand Aristide but then refused to give up their guns. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
                           

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A U.S Marine search for weapons in a alley in Belen, a district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 20, 2004. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                          

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Jean-Dulsone Noncent nurses a bullet wound in the back of his calf in Petit Goave, 60 km (40 miles) southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti Saturday, April 24, 2004. Noncent was wounded after an exchange of fire involving riot police and a group of civilians. (Ap Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
                         
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A woman cuts meat in the central market of Petit Goave, 60 km (40 miles) southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti Saturday, April 24, 2004. Violently divided over politics for years, this coastal town is headed for a showdown with police hunting for a gang of young men who helped oust President Jean-Bertrand Aristide but then refused to give up their guns. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
                                         
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A group of children stand in a field inundated with mud in Lacud du Leogane, a small village 30 km (20 miles) south of Port-au-Prince, Haiti Saturday, April 24, 2004. In a mini-environmental disaster, a river choked by silt from eroded mountains spilled its banks with a vengeance after heavy rains, flooding a plain of sugarcane, banana and flooded many homes. (Ap Photo/ Rodrigo Abd)
                                     

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A woman stands inside her house inundated with mud in Lacud du Leogane, a small village 30 km (20 miles) south of Port-au-Prince, Haiti Saturday, April 24, 2004. In a mini-environmental disaster, a river choked by silt from eroded mountains spilled its banks with a vengeance after heavy rains, flooding a plain of sugarcane, banana and flooded many homes. (Ap Photo/ Rodrigo Abd)
                                               
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A man carries a bucket with water to clean his house inundated with mud in Lacud du Leogane, a small village 30 km (20 miles) south of Port-au-Prince, Haiti Saturday, April 24, 2004. In a mini-environmental disaster, a river choked by silt from eroded mountains spilled its banks with a vengeance after heavy rains, flooding a plain of sugarcane, banana and flooded many homes. (AP Photo/ Rodrigo Abd)
                                  
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A member of a gang of young men who helped oust President Jean-Bertrand Aristide covers his face in Petit Goave, 60 km (40 miles) southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti Saturday, April 24, 2004. Violently divided over politics for years, this coastal town headed for a showdown Sunday with police hunting for a gang of young men who helped oust President Jean-Bertrand Aristide but then refused to give up their guns. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
                             

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Max Berman, a member of a civilian group patrolling Petit Goave displays weapons in Petit Goave, 60 km (40 miles) southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti Saturday, April 24, 2004. Violently divided over politics for years, this coastal town headed for a showdown Sunday with police hunting for a gang of young men who helped oust President Jean-Bertrand Aristide but then refused to give up their guns. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
                                        
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Children look on while U.S marines patrol the Belen a district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 20, 2004.
                                
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U.S marines patrol during a search for weapons in an alley of the Belen a district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 20, 2004. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                            
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An unidentified local is arrested in the Belen a district in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 20, 2004. The man tried to attack the U.S. marines with a machete during a search and guard exercise for weapons, according to the marines. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                                                           
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An unidentified Haitian man who was arrested sits in an alley in the Belen district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April, 2004. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                                                      
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Young Haitian men wait to register at the police academy during a recruiting drive while US Marines stand guard in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 20, 2004. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                                
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Hatian Boys looks at a Chilean soldier patrolling the streets in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, April 19, 2004. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
                        
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