Haiti mob violence overwhelms peace force
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Spiralling political violence and looting in Haiti has overwhelmed UN peacekeeping forces and threatens to escalate further this weekend as former soldiers of the disbanded national army gather in the capital ready to take on street gangs loyal to the
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Violence erupted again today in Port-au-Prince and the decapitated bodies of two police officers were found, the day after they were killed in a clash with protesters demanding the return of ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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Description: Days of political unrest in Haiti&#39;s capital leave at least 14 people dead. In Port-au-Prince, at least 10 civilians and four police officers have been killed since Thursday, in confrontations
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Peacekeepers and police were struggling to stem violence in Haiti as government officials announced talks were underway to purchase weapons after a 13-year U.S. arms embargo.
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Port-Au-Prince - Young gangsters rampaged through a neighbourhood blocks from the presidential National Palace, torching cars and firing in the air in what many expect is a prelude to another fearsomely violent day in Haiti&#39;s capital.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti Oct. 3, 2004 - Gunfire erupted in a slum teeming with loyalists of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Sunday, sending people scattering through trash-strewn streets following
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Violence and political instability are growing in the Caribbean nation of Haiti. More than seven months after former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide fled the country, political polarization and economic hardship
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Violence in Haiti's capital has claimed at least 46 lives, with hospital records showing Tuesday that 17 victims were killed this week. The United States accused supporters of an ousted president of trying to destabilize the interim government.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Those demanding the return of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide hurled stones and fired shots in the air yesterday as the death toll from a surge of violence in the Haitian capital rose to 14.
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Haiti's normally raucous carnival became an afterthought this time last year as gangsters joined by ex-soldiers sparked a deadly march that led to the ouster of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
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WASHINGTON -- Human rights violations and outright atrocities are growing more rampant by the day in Haiti as police, former soldiers, and rebel groups wreak havoc in a violent struggle that local authorities and United Nations peacekeepers appear unable to control, according to US officials, foreign diplomats, and local human rights monitors.
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Two UN peacekeepers were wounded in shootouts with supporters of Haiti&#39;s ousted president in the capital and storm survivors in flood-ravaged Gonaives, the first
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GONAIVES (Haiti) - Desperate Haitians in flood ravaged Gonaives are mobbing relief workers to steal food aid, prompting the United Nations to rush more peacekeepers in to stem the looting.
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UN peacekeepers patrolled the streets of Haiti&#39;s capital as gunfire rang out Thursday, a day after a prison riot and shootouts killed a dozen people and left scores injured during a visit by US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
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The Brazilian-led United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti does not have enough troops to stop renewed conflict at a time when armed groups have taken over two towns, a Brazilian Army colonel said on Thursday.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Two UN peacekeepers were wounded in shootouts with supporters of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Port-au-Prince and civilians believed to be Aristide opponents in flood-ravaged Gonaives - the first casualties of the
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BRASILIA, Brazil,  - U.N. peacekeepers in Haiti  will not respond to international pressure to "use violence"  against armed gangs and will rebuild the country as a  "peacekeeping force, not an occupying force," the mission's  Brazilian commander said on Thursday.