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March 3, 2004
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TODAY'S SHOW: Wednesday, March 3

* Kerry Wins 9 of 10 in Super Tuesday, Edwards To Drop Out *

Sen. John Kerry locked up the Democratic presidential nomination
winning nine of ten states on Super Tuesday. His top opponent Sen. John
Edwards is scheduled to announce he is dropping out of the race. Former
Vermont Governor Howard Dean denied Kerry a sweep winning his home state
two weeks after dropping out.
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 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/03/1631245

* EXCLUSIVE: Haitian Consul General Says Aristide Still President *

In a Democracy Now! exclusive, Consul General of the Haitian government
in New York Harry Fouche recognizes the Aristide government as
legitimate saying Jean Bertrand Aristide is still president of Haiti and Yvon
Neptune is still his prime minister.
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 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/03/1631249
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* Will the UN and OAS Recognize Aristide or Coup Leaders? *

We speak with the Center for Constitutional Rights' Michael Ratner
about who the United Nations and Organization should recognize as the
legitimate government of Haiti under international law and we take a look at
the English translation of Aristide's resignation letter which he says
is altered to omit a key phrase.
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 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/03/1631253

* The Haitian Army Returns: Who Is Guy Philippe? *

The feared Haitian army, disbanded by Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is making
a comeback. We take an in-depth look at the paramilitary leader who now
claims to be in control of the Haitian police and military: Guy
Philippe, a former Haitian police chief who was trained by US Special Forces
in Ecuador in the early 1990s.
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 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/03/1631258

* Fmr. U.S. Special Forces Officer Describes Arresting Current Coup
Leader in 1994 Head of U.S. Security Firm That Guarded Aristide Speaks Out
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Stan Goff, who spent 26 years in the U.S. Armed Forces in elite Ranger,
Airborne and Special Forces counterterrorist units describes arresting
coup leader Jean Tatoune in the first coup in 1994. FRAPH veteran
Tatoune was convicted of gross violations of human rights and murder in the
massacre in the pro-democracy region of Raboteau.
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 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/03/1632202

* Headlines, March 3 *

- Death Toll In Iraq Bombings Tops 180
- Chavez Foes Dealt Setback on Recall Effort
- WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers Indicted
- Mayor Arrested For Marrying Same Sex Couples
- CA Voters Pass Nation's First GM-Food Ban

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 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/03/1631239
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