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Turmoil in Haiti
Acclaimed by his own people a decade ago as a national savior of almost mythical proportions, Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide 50, can no longer count on such fervent support. The man who once used the colorful imagery of his native Creole to captivate throngs of poor Haitians has in recent months shuttered himself in his majestic presidential palace.
Aristide's current political problems stem from alleged fraud in two disputed elections in 2000 that have undermined his legitimacy. But the underlying concerns about his leadership of the country date back much further.
—Times correspondent David Adams, from an article Sunday, Feb. 22.
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An unidenfitied bicyclist goes past the burned-out home of the mayor of Cap Hatien. The house was burned Monday, the day after anti-Aristide rebel soldiers captured the city.
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