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Weekly Report - 5 October 2004
HAITI: Aristide followers in deadly clashes with police
At least a dozen people were killed and an unknown number were injured in three consecutive days of clashes between the police and followers of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in and around Port-au-Prince. The UN troops did not intervene in the confrontations.
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