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Aristide returns to Haiti
Popular ex-president returns from exile in South Africa after seven years.
Last Modified: 19 Mar 2011 07:18


Haiti's crucial presidential vote is near but preparations for the poll may be overshadowed by the return of a popular ex-president.

Thousands of supporters turned out to welcome Jean-Bertrand Aristide who was in South Africa for seven years.

Al Jazeera's Sebastian Walker reports from Port-au-Prince.

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