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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.