Gangs Loot Aid Trucks in Haiti
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Armed gangs in Haiti have looted aid trucks and attacked food distribution centers in the chaos following tropical storm Jeanne. UN troops struggled to maintain order as gangs in the northwest city of Gonaives mobbed relief workers.
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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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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  - U.N. troops, backed by  armored vehicles and helicopters, fought their way into a  lawless slum in the Haitian capital on Tuesday in their first  attempt to end a killing spree by warring street gangs.
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TAMPICO, Mexico  - The Mexican army convoy rolled off a Hercules plane in the middle of the night, purred through this sweltering port city's dingy back streets and swooped on traffickers unloading cocaine in a warehouse.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Oct. 7 -- At first it looked like an old glove, black and rubbery and flattened in traffic. But a closer look revealed toenails.
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GONAIVES, Haiti - Workers used dump trucks to empty more than 100 bodies into a 14-foot-deep hole on Wednesday - the first mass grave for the more than 1,070 flood victims of Tropical Storm Jeanne. Bystanders shrieked, held their noses against the stench and demanded that officials collect bodies in waterlogged fields...
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  - Gunmen raided homes and  stole food from Haitians outside aid distribution centers as  U.N. troops struggled on Friday to maintain order in the chaos  left by floods in which 2,000 people may have died.
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Unrest in Haiti may force the United  Nations to divert ships carrying food for flood victims to the  Dominican Republic, where the aid can be put on trucks, a U.N.  spokesman said on Tuesday.
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HAITIANS have attacked aid trucks and people carrying scarce food and water as workers struggle to bury thousands of victims of Tropical Storm Jeanne.
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RELIEF workers faced washed-out roads and rising crime as they delivered emergency aid in Haiti, where more than 700 people died in weekend landslides and floods triggered by Tropical Storm Jeanne.
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Haiti President Rene Preval marks Christmas with a call for gangs to end to a spate of abductions of children.
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Unrest in Haiti may force the United Nations to divert ships carrying food for flood victims to the Dominican Republic, where the aid can be put on trucks, a U.N. spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Haitians struggle to grasp a tin of food as a shipment of aid arrives in Gonaives, five days after floods inundated the city. Photo: AFP.
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A new rash of kidnappings has raised fears that well-armed, politically aligned street gangs are seeking to destabilize Haiti's new government, threatening U.N.-led efforts to restore security 2 1/2 years after a crippling revolt.
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Hundreds of U.N. peacekeepers raided Haiti's largest slum Friday to arrest gang members and take control of the area &#151; sparking a gun battle that wounded at least two soldiers, the top U.N. commander said.
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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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GONAIVES, Haiti - 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.    The failure of Haiti's U.S.-backed government to disarm the gangs that helped oust President Jean-Bertrand Aristide has created a climate of instability that further jeopardizes lives after the calamity Jeanne visited on Gonaives 10 days ago...