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27274: Hermantin(News)Protesters demand end to kidnappings (fwd)
Leonie Hermantin
Miami Herald
Tue, Jan. 17, 2006
Caribbean briefs
From Miami Herald Wire Services
HAITI
Protesters demand end to kidnappings
PORT-AU-PRINCE - Haitian politicians and business leaders rallied Monday in
front of U.N. headquarters to press peacekeepers to bring an end to violence
jeopardizing next month's elections.
Hundreds of Haitians have been kidnapped in a surge of pre-election violence.
International election workers and journalists have also been taken hostage by
gangs and hidden in the sprawling slums of the capital while ransom payments
were negotiated.
Elections, postponed four times, have been set for Feb. 7.