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The aftermath of Haiti's uncommonly vicious tyrant Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his murderous regime's end - March 7, 2004

                               
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A man aids a wounded demonstrator that was shot in front of the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, March 7, 2004 during a march to demand that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide be tried for corruption. As crowds gathered in front of the presidential National Palace, witnesses said they saw pro-Aristide militants open fire. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
                  
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Workers at the Canapevert Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, carry the body of Spanish carrespondent Ricardo Ortega of Antena 3 of Spain after he was shot to death by ousted Haitian dictator Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who armed, trained and financed the terrorists to help him perpetuate the dictatorship of the proletariat.. (Reuters/Daniel Morel)
                                    
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The bodies of three other people, including Spanish correspondent Ricardo Ortega, for Antena 3 of Spain, lie in a makeshift morgue in the Canapevert Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, March 7, 2004. (Reuters/Daniel Morel)
                                                             
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Medical workers attend to television journalist Ricardo Ortega at the Canapevert Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, March 7, 2004. (Reuters/Daniel Morel)
                          

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37 year old Ricardo Ortega, a veteran reporter for the Spanish television station Antena 3, seen in this undated tv image, was shot and later died while covering the conflict in Haiti, Sunday March 7, 2004. Gunmen opened fire on thousands of unarmed protesters demanding that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide be tried for alleged corruption and killings by his armed militants. At least 5 people including Ortega were reported to have been killed. (AP Photo/EFE)
                  
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Miami Herald photographer Peter Bosh (L) helps Francois Joseph (C) to safety after they were shot at by Aristide's terrorists. (Reuters/Daniel Morel)
                           
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An unidentified wounded demonstrator, front, Michael Laughlin, a photographer from the Sun Sentinel, left, wounded in the face and shoulder, and cameraman Ricardo Ortega, New York correspondent for the Spanish television station Antena 3, in the back at left, are taken away in an ambulance after being wounded when gunmen opened fire on thousands of unarmed protesters demanding that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide be tried for alleged corruption and killings by his armed militants in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Sunday, March 7, 2004. Ortega later died at the hospital. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                               

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US Marines patrol the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti after a shooting erupted during a march of opponents of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Sunday, March 7, 2004. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez Mills)
                             
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A man asks US Marines to intervene during a shooting that erupted during a march in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Sunday, March 7, 2004. As crowds marched to demand that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide be tried for corruption pro-Aristide militants open fire, killing at least three people. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                                  
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Opponents of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide run away from shooting in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Sunday, March 7, 2004. Gunshots erupted Sunday at a protest to demand that ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide be tried for corruption and fomenting violence. At least four demonstrators and a foreign journalist were killed. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez Mills)
                                    
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US Marines patrol the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti after a shooting erupted during a march of opponents of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Sunday, March 7, 2004. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli)
                                                 
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US Marines patrol the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti after a shooting erupted during a march of opponents of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Sunday, March 7, 2004. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez Mills)
                                             
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A man lies dying in the floor of a local hospital after he was shot by snipers who fired upon a group of anti-Aristide demonstrators. At least six people were killed, including a journalist, and 26 more were wounded when gunmen opened fire on an opposition rally near the presidential palace in Haiti's capital, medical sources and witnesses said.(AFP/Thony Belizaire)
                                        
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A military helicopter lands behind a group of Canadian soldiers, part of a reconnaisance team that arrived at the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, March 7, 2004. The reconnaissance team is here to assess the situation for further troops that will be arriving in several days. (AP PHOTO/Tom Hanson)
                             
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Guy Phillipe, who lead rebel forces during the uprising against former President Jean-Bertand Aristide, left, and Indian evangelist K.A. Paul, the president of the Washington based Global Peace Initiative pray before distributing food in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Friday, March 5, 2004. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
                      
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Canadian troops at the Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Toussaint Louverture airport, Sunday, March 7, 2004. (AP Photo/Tom Hanson)
                                    
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Opponents of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide run away from shooting in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Sunday, March 7, 2004. Gunshots erupted Sunday at a protest to demand that ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide be tried for corruption and fomenting violence. At least four demonstrators and a foreign journalist were killed. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
                                        
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A Haitian aids cameraman Ricardo Ortega of Spain's Antena 3 television network after gunshots erupted at a protest to demand that ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide be tried for corruption and fomenting violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Sunday, March 7, 2004. At least five people were killed. Ortega later died at Port-au-Prince's private Canape Vert Hospital. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                                             
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A portrait of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide burns during a protest in front of the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Sunday, March 7, 2004. As crowds marched to demand that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide be tried for corruption pro-Aristide militants open fire, according to witnesses killing at least three people. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                                                  
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Opponents of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide protest in front of the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, March 7, 2004, as plastic and paper debris burn in the backround. As crowds marched to demand that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide be tried for corruption pro-Aristide militants open fire, according to witnesses, killing at least three people. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                                
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People ask US Marines to intervene during a shooting that erupted during a march in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Sunday, March 7, 2004. As crowds marched to demand that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide be tried for corruption pro-Aristide militants, opened fire, according to witnesses, killing at least three people and more than a dozen were injured. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli)
                                                   
                 
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Haitian police officers carry an officer wounded in a shooting during march in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Sunday, March 7, 2004. As crowds marched to demand that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide be tried for corruption and killings by armed militants pro-Aristide militants open fire, killing at least three people. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli)
                                             

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A Haitian woman prays inside a local church in Port-Au-Prince. Thousands of demonstrators participated in a march that was organized by groups who had been opposed to the government of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and who are now calling for the replacement of Haiti's Prime Minister and other Aristide appointees in government.(AFP/Jaime Razuri)
                                     
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Haitian police officers take cover from shooting during a march in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Sunday, March 7, 2004. As crowds marched in downtown Port-au-Prince, to demand that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide be tried for corruption and killings by armed militants pro-Aristide militants open fire, witnesses said. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
                                      
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Opponents of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide drink champagne at the start of a march through the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti Sunday, March 7, 2004. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
                                              

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Rebel leader Guy Philippe sits in the Mont Joli Hotel after news of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's departure reached northern Cap Haitien, Haiti, Sunday, Feb 29, 2004.(AP Photo/Pablo Aneli).
                        
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