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March 21, 2011

Haitian Vote Held As Aristide Returns From Exile 
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Voters in Haiti went to the polls Sunday for the presidential run-off
election. Preliminary election results are expected March 31, with full
results due April 16. Two days before the election, former Haitian
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide returned to the country after living in
exile for seven years following the 2004 U.S.-backed coup.

Jean-Bertrand Aristide, former President of Haiti: "In 1804, the Haitian
revolution marked the end of slavery. Today may the Haitian people mark
the end of exile and coup d'etat, while peacefully we must move social
exclusion to social inclusion."



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