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Again, Haiti and its multitude of unacceptable problems - January 15-16, 2003

                                      
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Opposition member Himmler Rebu, front center, is seen as he marches with former Petion-ville Mayor Lydie Parent, left, in a protest against the sudden and drastic hike of fuel prices in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in this Jan. 10, 2003 file photo. The government issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader Rebu, charging the former army colonel with assaulting and shooting government partisans during a demonstration last week, Rebu said Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2003.(AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                            
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Traffic is back to normal in Haiti's capital as children walk home from school and street merchants jockey with tap-taps in front of the National Cathedral on the second day of a 48-hour strike called by public transportation drivers to protest high fuel prices in Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                         
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Students at the Guatemala Primary School are seen during a national two-day strike in Petionville, Haiti, on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2003. Thousands of teachers went on strike in Haiti's major cities Thursday, calling on the government to raise their wages and improve public school conditions. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                             
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Primary school teacher Marie-Denise Alexis Chery is seen at school during a national two-day teachers strike, at the Guatemala Primary School in Petionville, Haiti, on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2003. Thousands of teachers went on strike in Haiti's major cities Thursday, calling on the government to raise their wages and improve public school conditions.(AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                  
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Two students work by themselves in their classroom during a national two-day teacher strike, at the Guatemala Primary School in Petion-Ville, Haiti, on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2003. Thousands of teachers went on strike in Haiti's major cities Thursday, calling on the government to raise their wages and improve public school conditions. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                              

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A big hole, not too far from brutal dictator Jean-Bertrand Aristide's national palace in Port-au-Prince. You tourrists, stay away from that country if you do not want to die after falling into it and thousands others like it - Thursday, Jan. 16, 2003.
                                            

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Creole and French are no longer the official languages of Haiti but English, as the contents "This Month Specials, No Fuel," of the sign suggest - Jan. 17, 2003.
                        
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