Friday, May 28, 2004

Ja: On the road again

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide will leave Jamaica for temporary asylum in South Africa this weekend, the government said Thursday.

The former leader will leave the island with his wife and two young daughters no later than Sunday, Aristide's government-appointed spokesman Huntley Medley told The Associated Press.

Aristide fled Haiti on Feb. 29 amid a rebel advance on the capital, Port-au-Prince. He was flown aboard a U.S.-supplied jet to the Central African Republic, where he accused the United States of forcibly removing him from office - a charge U.S. officials deny.
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South Africa agreed to give Aristide temporary asylum "until his personal situation normalizes" and he can return to Haiti. An interim government, however, has been installed and fresh elections are expected next year.

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