Visualize Haiti's realities - August 9-18, 2005 |
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A woman dances during a Vooodoo ceremony to pray for peace in Haiti
at the Oloffson Hotel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, early Thursday, Aug .18, 2005.(AP
Photo/Ariana Cubillos) |
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People dance during a Voodoo ceremony to pray for peace in Haiti at the
Oloffson Hotel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, early Thursday, Aug .18, 2005. (AP Photo/Ariana
Cubillos) |
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Gerard Jean-Juste talks to The Associated Press from a cell at the
Petionville police station in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July, 22, 2005. The American lawyer
for the prominent Catholic priest detained in Haiti said Tuesday Aug. 16, 2005 his client
had nearly died last Sunday Aug. 14 in prison, and had been saved by fellow prisoners who
carried him on their back to the prison's dispensary. The priest, an outspoken supporter
of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is accused by authorities of having ordered
the murder of a prominent journalist who had opposed the toppled president. He has been
held without charge since his arrest last month. (AP Photo/Evens Sanon) |
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Supporters of Rev. Gerard Jean-Juste protest demanding his freedom during
a demonstration close to the St.Claire Catholic church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on
Tuesday, Aug.16, 2005. Bill Quigley, the American lawyer of a prominent Catholic priest
detained in Haiti, said Tuesday his client had nearly died in prison. At a press
conference, Quigley produced a letter he said he received from the Jean-Juste that stated
he had nearly died last Sunday, and had been saved by fellow prisoners who carried him on
their back to the prison's dispensary. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) |
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Supporters of Rev. Gerard Jean-Juste protest for his freedom during a
demonstration close to the St.Claire Catholic church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday,
Aug.16, 2005. Bill Quigley, the American lawyer of a prominent Catholic priest detained in
Haiti, said Tuesday his client had nearly died in prison. At a press conference, Quigley
produced a letter he said he received from the Jean-Juste that stated he had nearly died
last Sunday, and had been saved by fellow prisoners who carried him on their back to the
prison's dispensary. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) |
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Supporters of Rev. Gerard Jean-Juste protest for his freedom during a
demonstration close to the St.Claire Catholic church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday,
Aug.16, 2005. Bill Quigley, the American lawyer of a prominent Catholic priest detained in
Haiti, said Tuesday his client had nearly died in prison. At a press conference, Quigley
produced a letter he said he received from the Jean-Juste that stated he had nearly died
last Sunday, and had been saved by fellow prisoners who carried him on their back to the
prison's dispensary. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) |
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Brazilian artist Ermelinda de Almeida, right, and Haitian artist Frantz
Lephirin, paint a mural to celebrate a year of the friendship between Haiti and Brazil and
peace declared on Aug.18, 2004, at the Saint Pierre Place, Petionville in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti on Monday, Aug. 15, 2005. The mural is painted by six artists, three from each of
the countries. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) |
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From left, Artists Haitian Prefete Duffaut, Brazilian Aparecida Aledo and
Haitian Frantz Lephirin, paint a mural to celebrate a year of the friendship between Haiti
and Brazil and peace declared on Aug.18, 2004, at the Saint Pierre Place, Petionville in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Monday, Aug. 15, 2005. The mural is painted by six artists, three
from each of the countries. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) |
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U.S. Ambassador James Foley, speaks with The Associated Press during an
interview in Port-au-Prince, Haiti,on Friday, Aug. 12, 2005. Louis-Jodel Chamblain, a
leader of the armed uprising that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in February
2004, was released Thursday from the National Penitentiary. Foley said, in his final news
conference Friday, before leaving the post, that Chamblain's release was 'an outrage' and
contrasted it to the situation with former prime minister Yvon Neptune, who has been
jailed for more than a year without going to trial on charges of involvement in political
killings. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) |
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Rebel leader Louis-Jodel Chamblain celebrates after news of President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide's departure reached northern Cap Haitien, Haiti, in this Feb. 29,
2004 file photo. Chamblain was released Thursday Aug. 11, 2005 from the National
Penitentiary, attorney Stanley Gaston said. Chamblain was jailed in April 2004 on two
counts of murder. He was acquitted but kept in prison while authorities investigated
allegations that he masterminded a 1993 fire that devastated part of Cite Soleil, a vast
waterfront shantytown outside of Port-au-Prince, Gaston said. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli/File) |
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Haitian boys participate in a protest in Cite-Soleil, an impoverished
section of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005. Protestors demanded the
liberation of all political prisoners in the country and the return of exiled
politicians.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) |
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The body of an unidentified teenage boy lies on the ground after being
killed in the Bel-Air slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2005. Police
stormed the volatile slum Wednesday in an attack on well-armed gangs that witnesses said
left at least five people dead, including a pregnant woman and the teenage boy. Police
spokeswoman Gessy Coicou said the officers raided Bel-Air to arrest gang members but only
opened fire because a mob was trying to lynch some of the suspects before they could be
arrested. (AP Photo/Evens Sanon) |
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Haitian Police question a suspected gang member during a manhunt in
Port-au-Prince August 10, 2005. Haitian Police teamed up with local residents in the
volatile neighborhood of Bel-Air to track down suspected gang members who had been
shooting at civilians. Three suspected gang members were arrested by Police(Reuters) |
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Maurice Wingnall of Jamaica (R) and Dudley Dorival of Haiti clear a hurdle
during their 110 meters hurdles heat at the world athletics championships in Helsinki
August 10, 2005. Wingnall clocked 13:90 and Dorival 14:02 seconds. (Reuters/Gary Hershom) |
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Canada's Perdita Felicien, left, clears a hurdle ahead of Nadine
Faustin-Parker of Haiti, on her way to winning the third heat of the Women's 100 meter
hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2005.
Faustin-Parker finished second to also qualify for the next round.(AP Photo/Mark Baker) |
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