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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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