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PHOTOS: Haiti in run up to election
02 Feb 2006 16:17:00 GMT
Source: AlertNet

Featured here is a selection of recent images relating to the situation in Haiti


 

Jordanian U.N. peacekeepers pray during a military ceremony of their comrades in Port-au-Prince, Haiti January 20, 2006. The two U.N. peacekeepers were killed and a third wounded by gunfire in the Haitian capital on Tuesday in the latest clash between U.N. troops patrolling a Port-au-Prince slum and the gangs who control it. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
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A U.N. armored personnel carrier carrying Brazilian U.N. peacekeepers patrol a street in the neighborhood of Citi-Militare next to Citi-Soleil in Port-au-Prince, Haiti January 20, 2006. Two U.N. peacekeepers were killed and a third wounded by gunfire in the Haitian capital on Tuesday in the latest clash between U.N. troops patrolling a Port-au- Prince slum and the gangs who control it. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
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Haitians march and sing during a manifestation in the volatile neighborhood of Citi-Soleil in Port-au- Prince, Haiti, January 24, 2006. Jacques Bernard, director general of the Provisional Electoral Council, said on Monday that voting stations would be removed from Cite-Soleil as a protective measure for February 7. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
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A Haitian woman mourns over her son's coffin in the volatile neighborhood of Citi-Soleil in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 11, 2006. Haiti's electoral authorities have set a new date for an oft-delayed presidential election, saying that the first round of the chaos- bedeviled ballot will take place February 7, as the United Nations has demanded. He was injured during a U.N. operation on Saturday but later died on Sunday, according to witnesses. REUTERS/ Eduardo Munoz
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A Haitian man holds a bullet as he rests in a hospital after being injured during a military operation in early January in the volatile neighborhood of Citi-Soleil in Port-au-Prince, Haiti January 11, 2006. Haiti's electoral authorities have set a new date for an oft-delayed presidential election, saying that the first round of the chaos-bedeviled ballot will take place February 7, as the United Nations has demanded. REUTERS/ Eduardo Munoz
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A machine gun is installed on the roof of a house in the volatile neighbourhood of Bel-Air in Port-au-Prince January 5, 2006. Businessmen called for a general strike on Monday to protest against the wave of kidnappings in the poorest American country. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
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A nurse of Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) mission tends to a patient at St. Joseph's Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti January 19, 2006. Nearly 50 percent of all MSF's patients treated for violence-related injuries have been women, children or the elderly. REUTERS/ Eduardo Munoz
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A Jordanian U.N. peacekeeper cries during a military ceremony of his comrades killed in Port-au-Prince, Haiti January 20, 2006. Two U.N. peacekeepers were killed and a third wounded by gunfire in the Haitian capital on Tuesday in the latest clash between U.N. troops patrolling a Port-au-Prince slum and the gangs who control it. REUTERS/ Eduardo Munoz
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A Jordanian U.N. peacekeeper reads the Koran in the volatile neighborhood of Citi-Soleil in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in this October 27, 2005 file picture. Two U.N. peacekeepers were killed and a third wounded by gunfire in the slum of Citi-Soleil in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, the United Nations said. REUTERS/ Eduardo Munoz/ Files
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A patient injured by a gunshot wound rests as doctors of Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) tend to another patient in the emergency room of St. Joseph's Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti January 19, 2006. The MSF called on all armed groups in the capital to respect safety of civilians and allow immediate access to emergency medical care. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
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Haitians collect water for cooking in the volatile neighborhood of Citi-Soleil in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 11, 2006. Haiti's electoral authorities have set a new date for an oft-delayed presidential election, saying that the first round of the chaos-bedeviled ballot will take place February 7, as the United Nations has demanded. REUTERS/ Eduardo Munoz
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Haitians wait outside a hospital to have a medical check-up in the volatile neighborhood of Citi-Soleil in port-au- Prince, Haiti January 11, 2006. Haiti's electoral authorities set a new date for an oft-delayed presidential election, saying that the first round of the chaos- bedeviled ballot will take place February 7, as the United Nations has demanded. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
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A Haitian woman holding a baby walks in front of a spray-painted sign for the presidential candidate Rene Preval in the volatile neighborhood of Citi-Soleil in Port-au-Prince, Haiti January 24, 2006. Jacques Bernard, director general of the Provisional Electoral Council, said on Monday that voting stations would be removed from Cite-Soleil as a protective measure for February 7. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
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Haitians ride a bicycle as they pass in front of an abandoned house in the volatile neighborhood of Citi-Soleil in Port-au-Prince, Haiti January 11, 2006. Haiti's electoral authorities set a new date for an oft-delayed presidential election, saying that the first round of the chaos-bedeviled ballot will take place February 7, as the United Nations has demanded. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
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Nurses and doctors of Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) tend to patients at St. Joseph's Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti January 19, 2006. Nearly 50 percent of all MSF's patients treated for violence-related injuries have been women, children or the elderly. REUTERS/ Eduardo Munoz
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Brazilian U.N. peacekeepers patrol in front of a cracked windshield at a check point in a market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti January 18, 2006. Brazilian General Jose Elito Carvalho de Siqueira was offered the position of head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti following the suicide of General Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar, the Brazilian government said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
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A Haitian sleeps in front of a wall plastered with presidential and legislative posters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 27, 2006. Haiti's election authorities have decided not to put voting stations inside the nation's largest slum, drawing accusations they are discriminating against the troubled nation's poorest citizens. REUTERS/ Eduardo Munoz
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A U.N. armored personnel carrier (APC) with Jordanian peacekeepers in it patrol a street in the volatile neighborhood of Citi-soleil in Port-au-prince, Haiti January 20, 2006. UN intensified the patrols around the zone today after two peacekeepers and four Haitians were killed during heavy combats in the volatile neighborhood of Citi-Soleil. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
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A Haitian man looks on next to a coffin in the volatile neighborhood of Citi- Soleil in Port-au-Prince, Haiti January 11, 2006. Haiti's electoral authorities have set a new date for an oft-delayed presidential election, saying that the first round of the chaos-bedeviled ballot will take place February 7, as the United Nations has demanded. REUTERS/ Eduardo Munoz
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A Haitian informer looks at the volatile neighborhood of Citi-Soleil in Port-au- Prince, Haiti January 8, 2006. U.N. mission head Juan Gabriel Valdes announced on Friday that U.N. troops would occupy the Cite Soleil slum, the capital's most dangerous ghetto, and warned that civilians could be harmed. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
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