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Aristide accused of promoting violence

OUSTED DICTATOR Interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue also criticized the South African president for allowing Aristide to organize the violence in Haiti while in exile

AP , PORT-AU-PRINCE

Police and peacekeepers have detained scores of suspects in the violence during repeated sweeps through the Bel Air slum. Before the troops and police arrived Sunday, Aristide loyalists stood by roadblocks keeping watch.

One man who refused to give his name demanded the authorities release dozens of detained comrades and said: "If, by Tuesday, the government has not responded to our demands, we will respond in the strongest way possible."

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