Diplomats Begin Haiti Peace Efforts, Americans Flee

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Fri February 20, 2004 01:14 PM ET
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By Michael Christie

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) - As missionaries
and aid workers scrambled to flee revolt-torn Haiti on
Friday, opposition leaders prepared to meet with U.S.,
Canadian and regional diplomats trying to ease political
tensions and broker an end to the violence.

Some opposition leaders warned they would not accept
any peace plan that does not include the resignation of
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide -- signaling a possible
continuation of a three-year standoff.

As the first serious diplomatic efforts began to help this
polarized and lawless Caribbean country of 8 million
make peace, American missionaries and aid workers
clogged the airport in the capital, Port-au-Prince, waiting
for flights.

Washington on Thursday advised its citizens to leave
the country.

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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=4405143

[Loonman]

1. Aristide has to straighten his act out

Things were slowly improving, there, until Aristide rigged the 2000 election.