Haiti: land of the miserables and banditism

Haiti: land of the miserables and banditism - September 15-21, 2005

Brazilian Peacekeepers look on as they burn guns donated by Haitian Police in Place La Paix in Bel-Air a slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2005. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Haitian children run as men carry balloons during a ceremony for peace in Place La Paix in Bel-Air a slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2005. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

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Two men were stoned and hacked to death in the slum Tuesday and a resident who said he witnessed the killing, said the victims were armed gangs who had been hounded by the local population. Nov. 6 elections would replace Haiti's first democratically elected leader, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who was ousted in a February 2004 rebellion. The United States and France sent troops to restore order and installed an interim government now supported by a U.N. peacekeeping force. (AP Photo/Evens Sanon)

Haiti's Interim President Boniface Alexandre addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York, Monday, Sept. 19, 2005. (AP Photo/John Marshall Mantel)

A boy fishes in a lake sits where fields of scrubland once lay in the outskirts of Gonaives, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2005. A year ago tropical storm Jeanne swept over a corner of Haiti's sparse and heavily deforested Artibonite region Sept. 18, triggering massive floods that killed 1,900 people and left 900 others missing in Gonaives, the third largest city in Haiti. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Boys walk in a new slum dubbed 'Cite Jeanne' in Gonaives, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept.14, 2005. A year ago tropical storm Jeanne swept over a corner of Haiti's sparse and heavily deforested Artibonite region Sept. 18, triggering massive floods that killed 1,900 people and left 900 others missing in Gonaives, the third largest city in Haiti. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

A resident washes clothes in the new slum dubbed 'Cite Jeanne' in Gonaives in Haiti, Wednesday, Sept.14, 2005. A year ago tropical storm Jeanne swept over a corner of Haiti's sparse and heavily deforested Artibonite region Sept.18, triggering massive floods that killed 1,900 people and left 900 others missing in Gonaives, the third largest city in Haiti. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

A girl runs in a new slum dubbed 'Cite Jeanne' in Gonaives in Haiti, Wednesday,Sept.14, 2005. A year ago tropical storm Jeanne swept over a corner of Haiti's sparse and heavily deforested Artibonite region Sept.18, triggering massive floods that killed 1,900 people and left 900 others missing in Gonaives, the third largest city in Haiti. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Former President Rene Preval, left, listens to a supporter during his arrival at the electoral council's headquarters 'CEP' in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Sept.15, 2005. Preval registered today as presidential candidate for the ESPWA's party. The Nov. 20 election will be the country's first since Aristide was forced from power, and more than two dozen candidates have registered to replace him. (AP Photo/Evens Sanon)