Last Updated: Saturday, 11 November 2006, 16:17 GMT
Two UN peacekeepers die in HaitiTwo Jordanian UN peacekeepers have been shot dead in the Haitian capital,
Port-au-Prince, UN officials say.
The soldiers are reported to have come under attack near Cite Soleil, a slum
where armed street gangs are based.
UN peacekeepers, in Haiti since 2004, have stepped up patrols amid signs
that security is worsening.
They were sent to maintain order after a revolt ousted the then president
Jean-Bertrand Aristide but opposition to their presence has been growing.
"A Jordanian UN peacekeeping patrol was targeted by unknown gunfire in Haiti.
A lieutenant and a corporal died," Jordan's official Petra news agency quoted
an official as saying.
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