U.N. Peacekeepers Fight Gangs in Haiti, One Street at a Time
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In a risky move that will determine the security of the country, U.N. forces are taking on the street gangs that have run Haiti for years.
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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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Gunfire rang out Saturday during a street protest by university students demanding the withdrawal of United Nations peacekeepers from Haiti, and witnesses said two demonstrators were wounded.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A gunbattle broke out between UN peacekeepers and supporters of ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide yesterday, wounding a peacekeeper for the first time in the force&#39;s 4-month-old mission.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  - A gang chased a French  minister out of a Haitian slum under gunfire on Monday, while  former soldiers who helped oust President Jean-Bertrand  Aristide took control of a southern town and defied U.N. forces  to remove them.
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GOMA, Congo -- United Nations peacekeepers in helicopters and armored troop carriers headed for the front line in eastern Congo yesterday to stop renegade soldiers advancing further after more than a week of fighting.
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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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United Nations forces move in to one of the most violent slums in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince.
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A UN peacekeeper was wounded in a gun battle with Haitian gangs loyal to former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haitian television.
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Two UN peacekeepers are shot in Haiti over the weekend amid increasing tensions on the island.
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Haiti is considering the creation of a security force to one day replace U.N. peacekeepers sent three years ago to stabilize the troubled country.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- New fighting has broken out in the capital of Haiti as supporters of the ousted president take to the streets.
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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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Hundreds of UN peacekeepers enter Haiti's biggest slum in an operation against gang members.
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Haitian police and UN troops moved into a slum that has become a flashpoint for unrest, using bulldozers to remove a barricade of torched cars that had blocked traffic in the capital.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  - Haitian police backed by  U.N. peacekeepers raided a slum stronghold of supporters of  ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Wednesday and  arrested 75 people accused of violent attacks in the Haitian  capital, a police spokeswoman said.
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Haitian police and UN troops moved into a slum neighborhood on Sunday and cleared street barricades that paralyzed a part of the capital.