Haiti Names New PM, UN Launches Appeal [View All]

M. Latortue seems to be one of the old boys. Was in the
middle of the 1988 coup also. (Two pages)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) - Haiti named a new prime
minister on Tuesday as a step toward restoring order after a month of
bloody turmoil and the United Nations appealed to the world to aid the
impoverished Caribbean country.

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CIA Director George Tenet told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that he was concerned the
interim government would have trouble establishing order. The political opposition in Port-au-Prince is distinct
from the armed rebels, who have yet to hand in their guns.

"A humanitarian disaster or mass migration remains possible," Tenet told the committee. "A cycle of clashes and
revenge killings could easily be set off, given the large number of angry, well-armed people on both sides."
(Additional reporting by Joseph Guyler Delva and Amy Bracken)

Reuters