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14. They are already there. "Peacekeepers" already killed one protester:
Peacekeepers Fire on Haiti Protesters
U.N. Peacekeepers Fire on Haiti Election Protesters, Hotel Stormed As Fiery Roadblocks Cripple Port-Au-Prince


Hundreds of supporters of Haitian presidential front-runner Rene Preval run down Delmas road to join more protesters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 13, 2006. Preval supporters erected roadblocks to demand he be declared the winner of Haiti's presidential elections as results showed his lead slipping further below the 50 percent needed to avoid a runoff, in the midst of accusations of vote count fraud. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

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By STEVENSON JACOBS

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti Feb 13, 2006 (AP)— U.N. peacekeepers opened fire Monday on Haitians protesting election results, killing at least one and wounding four, witnesses said as flaming roadblocks paralyzed the capital.

Hundreds of screaming demonstrators elsewhere stormed into an upscale hotel housing an electoral office in the hills above Port-au-Prince and helicopters landed on the roof to evacuate guests.

Associated Press journalists saw the body of a man in the street in the Tabarre neighborhood, a T-shirt bearing the image of leading candidate Rene Preval soaked in blood. Witnesses said Jordanian U.N. peacekeepers opened fire on them, killing two and wounding four. The body of the second victim was not at the scene.

Protesters have alleged the electoral commission is manipulating the vote count to prevent leading candidate and Preval, a one-time protege of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, from winning a first-round victory in this battered and poor Caribbean nation.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1613079
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