Reply #51: CNN: "source close to Duvalier...[he] could be back in his hotel room by afternoon's end"

[Cerridwen]

Sorry to be such a downer. The arrest is not yet confirmed; charges have not yet been announced; I'm not even sure the hearing has started. I'll try to keep watching and updating; even if it's not very exciting. :( I may have to leave at some point. I'll holler for someone before then and turn over the copy and paste duties. :D

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But a source close to Duvalier told CNN that he did not expect Duvalier to be charged with any crimes or face arrest. He said the former dictator could be back in his hotel room by afternoon's end.

A flurry of intense legal activity preceded Duvalier's emergence from the Karibe Hotel, where he had been since his mysterious return to Haiti on Sunday.

His hands free of handcuffs, he made his way down three flights of stairs and waved to a small crowd of supporters before heavily armed police escorted him away in a waiting white van.

Outside the hotel in the swanky suburb of Petionville, throngs of journalists had waited for Duvalier's appearance amid speculation that the former despot would be arrested.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/18/haiti.duvalier/index.html?hpt=T2

Here's hoping "source" is blowing smoke.