21719: (Chamberlain) Haiti-Curfew (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Greg Chamberlain <GregChamberlain@compuserve.com>

   PORT-AU-PRINCE, May 5 (AP) -- An early morning curfew in place in the
capital since a presidential upheaval two months ago has been lifted.
   The midnight to 5 a.m. curfew was part of an effort to bring order to
the violence-plagued city after then-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide fled
during an armed uprising.
   Police announced an end to the measure Tuesday night. Originally from 6
p.m. to 6 a.m., the curfew was shortened to five hours in recent weeks.
   Still, Port-au-Prince residents complained about the restriction, as
well as its enforcement by international peacekeeping forces, some calling
it a symbol of a foreign occupation.
   U.S. Marines Lt. Rob Goza said the lifting of the curfew will not change
operations in the city.
   The Marines make up the largest part of an international peacekeeping
force maintaining order as Haiti's new government takes shape.