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/ 13 May 2004

Aristide to move to Pretoria

South Africa has agreed to give former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide a temporary home nearly three months after an armed revolt forced him to flee his poor Caribbean country. Cabinet spokesperson Joel Netshitenzhe on Thursday said the arrangement will be a temporary one "until the situation in Haiti has stabilised".
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=66273">DA slams Aristide decision</a>

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/ 6 April 2004

Aristide interior minister arrested

The former interior minister under ex-president Jean Bertrand Aristide, Jocelerme Privert, was arrested on Tuesday in Port-au-Prince and taken to prison, a police spokesperson said. Privert was wanted in connection with a massacre in the town of Saint Marc in February by forces loyal to Aristide.

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/ 26 March 2004

Aristide to settle in South Africa

Haiti’s ousted leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide is to set up permanent home in South Africa, Jamaican officials said on Thursday. He would not go there until after the general election next month, because President Thabo Mbeki’s government believed it would be ”politically unsettling”, they added.

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/ 16 March 2004

Aristide back in the Caribbean

The deposed Haitian president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, flew back to the Caribbean on Monday, bringing hope to his supporters and objections from United States and Haitian officials, who believe his presence in the region will increase the tension in the country.

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/ 10 March 2004

Aristide may still come to SA

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Aziz Pahad has landed in the Central African Republic and is expected to be asked by ousted Haitian leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide for asylum in South Africa, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/pd.asp?ao=32453">SA envoys meet Aristide in Bangui</a>

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/ 10 March 2004

SA envoys meet Aristide in Bangui

South African envoys began holding talks with Jean-Bertrand Aristide in the Central African Republic on Wednesday after Pretoria said it is open to granting exile to the ousted Haitian leader. The delegation, led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Aziz Pahad, first met with Central African Republic President Francois Bozize.

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/ 9 March 2004

Exiled Aristide urges Haitian resistance

The ousted leader of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, urged his followers on Monday to resist the ”occupation” of their homeland peacefully, and said that he still considered himself president. Aristide denounced the rebels as drug dealers and terrorists and repeated the claim that he had been kidnapped by the Americans.