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06/01/2004:

"Aristide gets diplomatic welcome in South Africa"

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was welcomed to South Africa yesterday in a style reserved for visiting heads of state, ending a three-month search for what he maintains will be a "temporary home" in exile.

Before leaving Jamaica on Sunday, Aristide insisted he was still the elected president of Haiti and promised to return. www.jamaicaobserver.com

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Tuesday, June 1st, News Update posted:

U.N. Peacekeepers Head Back to Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- U.N. peacekeepers are returning to Haiti once again, but with many of the problems that plagued their last mission here - uncertainty about troop numbers and funding, a hazy mandate and no commitment to long-term aid.