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Haiti votes in historic election as reports of fraud emerge

Polling centres open late but candidates complain of irregularities in Port-au-Prince and other cities Street protests flared across Haiti last night as 12 of Haiti’s 18 presidential candidates denounced ‘massive fraud’ in yesterday’s election. Balloting, in what was billed by the international community as a historic election, was largely peaceful but marred by confusion, apathy

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Opposition leader back in Haiti for presidential bid

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (MCT) — Whenever an exiled Mirlande Manigat heard the sound of Haitian music, it made her heart ache. “I was just sick,” said Manigat, longtime opposition leader, wife of former President Leslie Manigat and now aspiring president. “I was obsessed with returning.” She did return, and today, Manigat, a grandmother and Sorbonne-educated university professor,

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