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Haiti Gangs Defy U.N.

Posted March 16, 2007


Even as U.N. peacekeepers crack down on gangs in the slums of Port-au-Prince, rapes are on the rise and kidnappings persist. At least 800 women there were victimized in the past 12 months.

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