Haiti Issues Passport to Vanquished President Aristide

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Haiti Issues Passport to Vanquished President Aristide

In a move that worried the US, Haiti has issued a diplomatic passport for ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, clearing the way for his return from exile, just in time for a presidential election runoff.

Interior Minister Paul Antoine Bien-Aime said the diplomatic passport was handed over via an intermediary to Aristide's Miami-based lawyer Ira Kurzban, who was due to deliver it to Aristide.

Kurzban confirmed that he was given the ousted leader's diplomatic passport during a brief stopover in Haiti's capital.

"Yes, I have it,'' he said on Tuesday, while his evening flight back to Miami was on the tarmac in Port-au-Prince's international airport.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Haiti-Issues-Passport-to-V-by-Press-Release-110208-436.html

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