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IPS: Shooting Incident Sparks Anger at U.N. Troops

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By Ansel Herz
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov 20 (IPS) – Under a beating sun in the grassy field where two U.N. helicopters landed in Grand Goave last week, 19-year-old Benson Blanc moved his hands as if rapid-firing a gun into the ground in front of him and made a “tok-tok-tok-tok” sound. This is how the [...]

Gonaives, a Destroyed and Abandoned City

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By: Wadner Pierre – HaitiAnalysis.com
Gonaives is a port city with an estimated population of 200,000. It is the sixth largest city in Haiti and is located approximately 110 kilometers north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital. In 2003, it was one of first places to come under the control of armed rebels who helped oust [...]

Gonaives, a Destroyed and Abandoned City

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By: Wadner Pierre – HaitiAnalysis.com
Gonaives is a port city with an estimated population of 200,000. It is the sixth largest city in Haiti and is located approximately 110 kilometers north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital. In 2003, it was one of first places to come under the control of armed rebels [...]

  
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