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| Voodoo believers baptize a child at the sacred pool at Sucry near Gonaives, Haiti, in this Aug. 15, 2002 file photo. The Sucry voodoo pilgrimage is one of the most important of the year, since it honors all the spirits voodoo practitioners believe in. Haiti's government has officially sanctioned voodoo as a religion, allowing practitioners to begin performing ceremonies from baptisms to marriages with legal authority. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel, File) | |||||
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| Voodoo believers perform a ceremony at the sacred pool at Sucry near Gonaives, Haiti, in this Aug. 15, 2002 file photo. The Sucry voodoo pilgrimage is one of the most important of the year, since it honors all the spirits voodoo practitioners believe in. Haiti's government has officially sanctioned voodoo as a religion, allowing practitioners to begin performing ceremonies from baptisms to marriages with legal authority. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel, File) | |||||
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| FILE -- Members of Rara, a Haitian voodoo band, dance in the streets of Gonaive, Sunday, April 7, 1996, 105 miles north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to celebrate the annual Souvenance voodoo festival. Haiti's government has officially sanctioned voodoo as a religion, allowing practitioners to begin performing ceremonies from baptisms to marriages with legal authority. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) | |||||
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| Actor Danny Glover, left, talks about Haitian revolutionary hero Toussaint Louverture, as Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide listens during Glover's visit to the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, April 9, 2003. Glover visited Haiti two days after the 200th anniversary of Louverture's death and will star in a play about the Louverture scheduled to open in Carnegie Hall, New York, later this spring. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) | |||||
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| Actor Danny Glover, left, shakes hands with Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide during his visit to the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, April 9, 2003. Glover visited Haiti two days after the 200th anniversary of the death of Haitian revolutionary hero Toussaint Louverture and will star in a play about Louverture scheduled to open in Carnegie Hall, New York, later this spring. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) | |||||
Iraqi tyrant, Saddam Hussein, gone disgracefully. When will Haiti's tyrant, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, above right, too, suffer the same fate? - April 10, 2003 |
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