Rice Urges Faster Planning for Elections
From Times Wire Reports
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Haiti’s interim government to speed up planning for November’s elections and urged citizens to vote.
Rice met interim President Boniface Alexandre and Prime Minister Gerard Latortue and expressed concern over planning for the Nov. 20 legislative and presidential poll, the first since President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted last year.
Haiti is still beset by violence despite the presence of more than 7,000 United Nations peacekeepers and police officers.
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