Ottawa set to deliver ultimatum to Aristide

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Ottawa and Port-au-Prince — Canada, the United States and other Western countries are sending a high-level delegation to Haiti to demand that President Jean-Bertrand Aristide replace his prime minister, release political prisoners, reform the police and begin dealing with other opposition demands.

Mr. Aristide has already promised to do these things, but he doesn't seem to be following through, Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham said yesterday.

"We've agreed, all of us, to a joint démarche to say, 'Look, you've got to live up to your obligations,'." Mr. Graham told reporters as pro-Aristide gangs tried to gain control in parts of Haiti.

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