| April 15, 2008 | - There were riots in Haiti, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Cameroon over increasing food costs. Some blamed the rising price of corn (up 31 percent from 2005) on the burgeoning biofuel industry, pointing out that to fill up an SUV with a tank of ethanol uses as much corn as can feed a person for a year. World Bank President Robert Zoellick called for more contributions to the $500 million World Food Program. “We have to put our money,” he said, “where our mouth is.”
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The Age
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| January 29, 2008 | - Hungry Haitians were eating cookies made of mud.
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Poor Haitians resort to eating dirt
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| October 8, 2004 | - In Haiti, supporters of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide were going after policemen with machetes; some were beheaded.
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New York Times
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| October 3, 2004 | - There was more rioting in Haiti.
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Associated Press
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| September 25, 2004 | - Armed gangs rioted in Haiti outside a food distribution center in Gonaives, which was largely destroyed by tropical storm Jeanne.
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Newsday
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| June 1, 2004 | - The price of rice was up in Haiti.
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New York Times
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| May 6, 2004 | -
Haitian farmers have been reduced to eating the seed that they should be planting, a German aid agency said.
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News24.com
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| May 5, 2004 | -
Haitians were eating biscuits made out of butter, salt, water, and dirt.
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New York Times
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| April 30, 2004 | -
Child abductions were on the rise in Afghanistan, and the United Nations was having a hard time recruiting peacekeepers for its mission in Haiti.
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New York Times
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| April 6, 2004 | - Secretary of State Colin Powell said that American prosecutors were thinking about prosecuting Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the recently deposed president of Haiti, for corruption; Powell rejected a call by the Caribbean Community for an investigation into the events surrounding Aristide's removal from Haiti. "I don't think any purpose would be served by such an inquiry," he said.
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New York Times
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| March 31, 2004 | - A United Nations envoy said that peacekeepers might have to remain in Haiti for 20 years.
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New York Times
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| March 30, 2004 | -
Bush Administration officials were said to be disturbed that Caribbean countries have refused to recognize the U.S.-backed government in Haiti.
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Reuters
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| March 27, 2004 | - The Caribbean Community refused to recognize the new U.S.-backed government in Haiti because of questions about the circumstances under which Jean-Bertrand Aristide left office; the 15-nation group called for the United Nations to investigate Aristide's charges that he was abducted by the United States and forced to leave Haiti.
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Associated Press
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| March 25, 2004 | - Political violence continued in Kosovo, Gaza, Ivory Coast, Iraq, Sudan, Pakistan, Taiwan, Afghanistan, Thailand, and Syria; there was unrest in Haiti, where armed gangs continued to terrorize the people; in Congo, where the government put down a coup attempt; and in France, where firefighters battled police during a strike over retirement benefits. The firefighters threw garbage cans, firecrackers, and smoke bombs; the police fired tear gas.
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New York Times
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| March 22, 2004 | - Unrest continued in Haiti.
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Newsday
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| March 18, 2004 | -
Haiti's interim prime minister Gérard Latortue said he was sorry. "I would like to apologize for all the other governments," he said. "Please forgive me for everything that was done to you."
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New York Times
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| March 4, 2004 | - State Department officials claimed that the U.S. had simply declined to protect Haiti's
democratically elected president from the advancing rebel mob.
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New York Times
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| March 2, 2004 | - Former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide accused the United States of overthrowing him in a coup. "I was forced to leave," he said. "Agents were telling me that if I don't leave they would start shooting and killing in a matter of time."
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Associated Press
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| March 1, 2004 | - President Jean-Bertrand Aristide fled Haiti as a rebel army of thugs and former death-squad members approached Port-au-Prince, which was being terrorized by thugs loyal to the president; President Bush sent in the Marines to prepare for a multinational peacekeeping force.
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Reuters
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| February 23, 2004 | -
Haitian rebels took over the city of Cap Haitien.
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New York Times
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| February 9, 2004 | - Unrest continued in Haiti.
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Reuters
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| October 8, 2003 | - Transparency International released its annual corruption survey; Bangladesh was rated most corrupt, just beating out Nigeria and Haiti. Finland, Iceland, and Denmark were the least corrupt.
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Associated Press
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| December 25, 2001 | - There was a coup attempt in Haiti, and Argentina's president resigned.
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| February 13, 2001 | -
Jean-Bertrand Aristide was inaugurated as president of Haiti; the opposition, which believes the election was rigged, formed an alternative government.
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| November 28, 2000 | -
Jean-Bertrand Aristide (promising “Peace in the Head. Peace in the Belly.”) was reelected president of Haiti in an election boycotted by major opposition parties, who said it was rigged.
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