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Haiti / Uprising / Refugees #749633

NBC Evening News for Saturday, Feb 28, 2004
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.

(Port-au-Prince: Kerry Sanders) The crisis in Haiti featured; scenes shown from Port-au-Prince of looting & marches in the streets & of the rebel forces outside the capital; photos shown of the Coast Guard intercepting refugees. [Rebel leader Guy PHILIPPE†, HAITIAN, orphanage worker Christine AUGUSTE†- comment on the situation.] The call for international peacekeepers noted.

(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.

(White House: Rosiland Jordan) The call from President Bush's administration for President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to consider stepping aside featured; details given about the two conflicting laws on refugees. [Georgetown University law school Andrew SCHOENHOLTZ††- comments on the law on returning Haitian refugees.] [Representative Elijah CUMMINGS†, former US special envoy to Haiti James DOBBINS††- talk about the refugee policy.]

Reporter(s):
Williams, Brian;
Sanders, Kerry;
Jordan, Rosiland
Duration:
00:05:40

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