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Haitian Protesters Clash with Police During Call for President to Resign

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   PoliceintheHaitian capital,
   Port-au-Prince,clashedWednesdaywithprotesterscalling forPresident
   Jovenel Moise to step down amid corruption allegations.

   Demonstrators set up burning barricades and disrupted traffic. Police
   responded by firing teargas at the demonstrators.

   The Associated Pressreports onepersonwas shotin the headas
   demonstrators attempted to reach an area wheretheheavilyguardedMoisewas
   placing a wreath at the National Mausoleumcommemoratingthe 217th
   anniversaryofthe HaitianRevolution, whenlocal forces defeated
   Napoleon's French expeditionary forces.

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