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Haiti: 2 former leaders; 1 troubled land

On the heels of an exiled despot's arrival in Port-au-Prince, former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide says he is ready to return to help his troubled homeland, an idea welcomed by some and reviled by others who fear a deepening crisis.

Aristide's lawyer in the United States said that the former president does not have a passport, and the Haitian government will not issue him one.

Kurzban told CNN that no talks have taken place that would allow Aristide to return to the nation that elected him president.

South Africa's Ministry of Foreign Affairs declined to comment and the United States did not express any enthusiasm....

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