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Ex-Haiti dictator ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier due in court as judge mulls ‘crimes against humanity’ trial
Two years after his return to Haiti following 25 years in exile, ex-dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier is due in court Thursday as a judge mulls whether he can be tried for crimes against humanity. Known as “Baby Doc,” Duvalier was the world’s youngest head of state when, at the age of…
Haitians begin voting in presidential run-off
PORT-AU-PRINCE – Haitians went to the polls on Sunday to choose between a popular singer and a former first lady as the quake-ravaged country’s next leader in an environment dominated by the return of ex-president Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Voting began throughout the country at 6:00 am (1000 GMT), as scheduled, an…
Police take Duvalier from Haiti hotel
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haitian police took former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier from his hotel Tuesday and headed to the prosecutor’s office, witnesses said Tuesday. The ousted president, who made a surprise return to Haiti late Sunday, had been questioned for more than an hour in his room at the Hotel…
‘Baby Doc’ back in Haiti after 25 years
PORT-AU-PRINCE – Former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier made a surprise return to Haiti on Sunday in the midst of a political vacuum left by disputed presidential elections. Returning to his homeland after 25 years in the political wilderness, most of them spent in exile in France, Duvalier did not…
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