Gangs on Prowl in Beleaguered Haiti
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Victims who lost relatives, homes and belongings in Tropical Storm Jeanne are now tormented by street gangs who attack food convoys, raid homes at night and shoot those who get in their way.
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Police in Haiti detained a priest on suspicion of links to violence, while ex-soldiers who carried out a bloody revolt against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide said reinforcements were headed for the capital to help put down clashes that have killed at least 48 people.
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In what may be a glimpse of things to come, some U.S.-backed local militias are starting to shoot at each other
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Hundreds of UN soldiers enter a Haiti slum in a big operation against gangs that sparks a major gun battle.
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From the warehouses of the northern Champagne area to the truffle grounds of the Mediterranean Alps, organised gangs are cashing in with unprecedented vigour on France s devotion to its festive luxuries.
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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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Troops and helicopters gunships are deployed in Port Harcout, Nigeria, in a move against powerful gangs.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Jacques Rafael stood in front of the Moderne Store in downtown Port-au-Prince where his boss, a 52-year-old woman, was recently shot to death by members of the gangs who control this city's slums.
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PETIT-GOAVE, Haiti -- Dozens of soldiers in camouflage fatigues control security in this coastal city of 125,000 people. They carry automatic weapons, and their base is a former police headquarters with a freshly painted sign that reads, &quot;General Headquarters of the Haitian Armed Forces.&quot;
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Former Haitian soldiers and armed residents attacked UN troops and police in several provincial towns in Haiti on Saturday. At least two of the attackers were wounded in shootouts.
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CULIACAN, Mexico  - From the lush mountain valleys of Peru to America's toughest streets, ruthless Mexican gangs are grabbing control of the multi-billion dollar cocaine and crystal meth smuggling trade.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE -- Haiti's government and UN peacekeepers will launch a major campaign seeking to persuade hundreds of gangsters to disarm with promises of money, food, and job training, but top gang leaders will not be eligible, UN special envoy Edmond Mullet said yesterday. This is the most sweeping effort to persuade well-armed gangsters to stop violence since UN troops arrived ...
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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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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 9 -- U.N. troops fought a block-by-block gun battle with gangs in one of this capital's notorious slums Friday, in the force's largest offensive since being deployed here in 2004.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Gunfire erupted in a slum teeming with loyalists of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide yesterday, sending people scattering through the trash-strewn streets following days of political clashes that have left at least 14 dead.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Supporters of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide wielded machetes and threatened to cut off the heads of Haitian police and the interim prime minister during demonstrations on Monday, part of a recent campaign that has been dubbed "Operation Baghdad."   No violence was reported in Monday's demonstrations in the capital Port-au-Prince. But at least 14 people were killed in clashes Thursday and Friday, including three police officers who were shot to death and then beheaded...
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ACCOMPONG TOWN, Jamaica -- High above the serpentine valleys and vine-tangled trails of this mountainous refuge, runaway slaves could spot approaching bounty hunters and soldiers in time to ambush all comers.