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Businesses, Schools Closed as Haiti's Capital Reels from Political Chaos

Sandra Lemaire

   WASHINGTON / PORT-AU-PRINCE - Businesses and schools were closed
   Tuesday in Port-au-Prince as Haiti's private sector protests the
   insecurity and chaos that has overwhelmed the nation.

   Meanwhile, AP photojournalist Dieu Nalio Chery is recovering from a
   bullet wound in his jaw that he sustained when a Haitian ruling party
   senator fired his gun in the parliament yard. A parliament security
   guard also sustained a bullet wound in the stomach. He is recovering
   after being treated at a nearby hospital.

   Senator Ralph Fethiere pulled out his gun and fired when opposition
   supporters began yelling at him and approached him aggressively as he
   was getting into his vehicle.

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