World IN BRIEF : HAITI : Legislators Recognize Aristide as Leader
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Haiti’s Parliament voted to formally recognize deposed President Jean-Bertrand Aristide as Haiti’s leader under conditions that diplomats and Aristide’s backers said give him no real power. A spokesman for the U.N. mission that has been trying to fashion a political agreement said that Western powers will reject the plan and impose tougher economic sanctions against Haiti.
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