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Vol. 4 Num 267 Fri. February 27, 2004  
   
World


Pressure mounts on Aristide to resign
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A Haitian policeman wearing civilian clothes (R) holds a hand gun as militia members, popularly known as "chimeres" -- mythical fire-breathing monsters -- approach him on a street in Port-Au-Prince. The policeman handed the gun to the men who were manning a road block on a street leading to Port-Au-Prince's International Airport. The armed gangs that have played a key role in many of Haiti's brutal regime changes took to the streets of Port-au-Prince again, this time in allegiance to embattled President Jean Bertrand Aristide.. PHOTO: AFP