US Lifts Arms Embargo on Haiti as Tensions Mount
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WASHINGTON, DC, Oct 20 (OneWorld) The administration of US President George W. Bush has lifted a 13-year arms embargo on Haiti, amid sporadic violence that threatens to plunge the western hemisphereï¿½s poorest nation back into chaos.
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The U.S. decision to end an economic and political embargo on the Palestinians increased pressure for a reciprocal move from Israel as the Bush administration hoped to improve the chances for peace.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Ex-soldiers who ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in a deadly revolt said Wednesday reinforcements are advancing on Haitiâs capital to halt violence that has killed at least 46 people - a move that threatens conflict with
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  - Haiti's U.S.-backed  government vowed on Friday to crush "terrorist" supporters of  exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide as gunfire crackled in  the capital on the 10th anniversary of the end of a coup  against him.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  - A radio ad urging   Haitians to reveal illegal weapons caches to the U.S. Embassy   has angered politicians and fueled debate on whether the   troubled Caribbean nation has become a tacit U.S. protectorate.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Haiti's interim prime minister accused ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of directing a wave of violence from exile, while 95 Chinese police arrived yesterday to participate in their first UN peacekeeping mission in the Western Hemisphere.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  - Haiti's prime minister on   Friday asked Washington to lift the 15-year-old arms embargo   that bars the troubled Caribbean country from buying U.S.   weapons for its ill-equipped police force.
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The European Union said Monday it will lift sanctions against US imports following President Bush&#39;s decision to remove illegal export subsidies.
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A fresh eruption of political violence in Haiti has claimed at least 46 lives in the past two weeks as the US-installed interim government of Prime Minister GÃ©rard Latortue has sought to
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PORT-AU-PRINCE  - An intense gun battle broke out just outside Haiti&#39;s presidential palace, injuring eight people as US Secretary of State Colin Powell met with interim government leaders, authorities said.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- France concluded one of the largest evacuations in post-independence Africa yesterday and the UN Security Council imposed an immediate arms embargo against Ivory Coast, stepping up pressure to end the violence that spurred the exodus.
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Port-au-Prince - At least three people were killed on Monday in gunfights that erupted during protests by militants against the transitional government in Haiti, news reports said.
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A ban on the manufacture and possession of military-style assault weapons came to an end in the United States with a bitter dispute between political rivals and a debate over its effectiveness.
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The UN Security Council has voted to impose a 13-month arms embargo on the Ivory Coast. Battles between government and rebel forces in the troubled African nation prompted the intervention
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Haiti&#39;s US-backed government vowed on Friday to crush &quot;terrorist&quot; supporters of exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide as gunfire crackled in the capital
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The US economic embargo of Cuba jumped to the top of the Castro governmentâs agenda on Thursday. For the 13th year in a row, the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution condemning the US embargo.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- Haitian police and UN troops moved into a slum neighborhood yesterday and cleared street barricades that had paralyzed a part of the capital.