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Videographer Details Grisly Visuals, 'Burning Smoke' Of Haitian Gang Attack
Veteran Associated Press videographer Pierre-Richard Luxama was filming a tactical police unit patrolling Haiti's capital Monday when some of the gang members who control almost the entire city attacked.
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Spirit Airlines Says Flight Going From Florida To Haiti Hit By Gunfire
A Spirit Airlines jetliner headed for Haiti's troubled capital was hit by gunfire with one flight attendant suffering minor injuries, the US carrier said Monday.
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Bodies On Streets, Embassies Evacuate Staff As Haiti's Gang War Spreads
Residents in the upscale neighborhood of Petion-Ville on the outskirts of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince barricaded themselves in their homes on Wednesday, local media reported, citing heavy gunfire and bodies found on the street.
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US Staff, German Ambassador Evacuated As Gang Violence Rages In Haiti
With Haiti's capital spiraling deeper into gang violence, members of several diplomatic missions, including staff from the United States and the German ambassador, began leaving Port-au-Prince Sunday.
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"City Under Siege": Gang Violence Grips Haiti Capital, 360,000 Displaced
Residents of Haiti's capital scrambled for safety on Saturday following the latest spasm of gang violence, with a UN group warning of a "city under siege" after armed attackers targeted the presidential palace and police headquarters.
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Haiti In Turmoil As Gang Boss 'Barbecue' His Men Seize Control Of Capital
Deadly fighting between armed gangs and police escalated in Haiti this week, with gang alliance leader Jimmy Cherizier issuing a call to topple the unelected and largely absent government.
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Haitian Government Declares State Of Emergency, Implements Night Curfew
Haiti's government declared on Sunday a state of emergency and a nighttime curfew in a bid to quell a wave of violence sparked by a gang assault on the capital city's main prison that allowed thousands of inmates to escape
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7 Killed As Haiti Gang Opens Fire With On Christian Protest: Report
At least seven people were killed in Haiti on Saturday, local rights group CARDH said, after a gang that controls a northern suburb of the capital Port-au-Prince opened fire with machine guns on a protest organized by a Christian church leader.
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17 US Missionaries, Family Members Kidnapped In Haiti: Report
As many as 17 American Christian missionaries and their families, including children, were kidnapped on Saturday by gang members in Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince, the New York Times reported, citing security officials there.
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Six Die In Private Plane Crash In Haiti: Officials
Six people including two American missionaries were killed when a private airplane crashed southwest of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, local authorities said Saturday.
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Videographer Details Grisly Visuals, 'Burning Smoke' Of Haitian Gang Attack
Veteran Associated Press videographer Pierre-Richard Luxama was filming a tactical police unit patrolling Haiti's capital Monday when some of the gang members who control almost the entire city attacked.
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Spirit Airlines Says Flight Going From Florida To Haiti Hit By Gunfire
A Spirit Airlines jetliner headed for Haiti's troubled capital was hit by gunfire with one flight attendant suffering minor injuries, the US carrier said Monday.
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Bodies On Streets, Embassies Evacuate Staff As Haiti's Gang War Spreads
Residents in the upscale neighborhood of Petion-Ville on the outskirts of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince barricaded themselves in their homes on Wednesday, local media reported, citing heavy gunfire and bodies found on the street.
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US Staff, German Ambassador Evacuated As Gang Violence Rages In Haiti
With Haiti's capital spiraling deeper into gang violence, members of several diplomatic missions, including staff from the United States and the German ambassador, began leaving Port-au-Prince Sunday.
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"City Under Siege": Gang Violence Grips Haiti Capital, 360,000 Displaced
Residents of Haiti's capital scrambled for safety on Saturday following the latest spasm of gang violence, with a UN group warning of a "city under siege" after armed attackers targeted the presidential palace and police headquarters.
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Haiti In Turmoil As Gang Boss 'Barbecue' His Men Seize Control Of Capital
Deadly fighting between armed gangs and police escalated in Haiti this week, with gang alliance leader Jimmy Cherizier issuing a call to topple the unelected and largely absent government.
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Haitian Government Declares State Of Emergency, Implements Night Curfew
Haiti's government declared on Sunday a state of emergency and a nighttime curfew in a bid to quell a wave of violence sparked by a gang assault on the capital city's main prison that allowed thousands of inmates to escape
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7 Killed As Haiti Gang Opens Fire With On Christian Protest: Report
At least seven people were killed in Haiti on Saturday, local rights group CARDH said, after a gang that controls a northern suburb of the capital Port-au-Prince opened fire with machine guns on a protest organized by a Christian church leader.
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17 US Missionaries, Family Members Kidnapped In Haiti: Report
As many as 17 American Christian missionaries and their families, including children, were kidnapped on Saturday by gang members in Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince, the New York Times reported, citing security officials there.
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Six Die In Private Plane Crash In Haiti: Officials
Six people including two American missionaries were killed when a private airplane crashed southwest of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, local authorities said Saturday.
