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Aristide Says He Wants to Return to Haiti

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 6:25:56 PM

 In this Saturday Feb 21, 2004 file picture, then-Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, his wife Mildred, left and U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters D-Calif., give a news conference in the National Palace of Government in Port- au-Prince, Haiti. He left the country later that month. The ousted Haitian president said Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006 he was willing to return home after two years in exile, but stopped short of setting a date. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli)JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the Haitian leader ousted two years ago in a bloody coup, said Tuesday he wants to return home from his exile in South Africa following his former protege's recent election as president.

In an interview with South African state television, Aristide said he wanted to avoid politics and concentrate on promoting education in Haiti, where some 80 percent of people are illiterate.

"I do believe I will be back as soon as possible and I will continue to invest in education," Aristide said.


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