Friday September 24, 2004 5:16 PM
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4512287,00.html >>GONAIVES, Haiti (AP) - Survivors who were left with almost nothing after Tropical Storm Jeanne devastated this town buried unclaimed corpses in mud-clogged backyards and attacked aid trucks and even neighbors bringing them food.
>> The U.N. stabilization mission in Haiti put the number of missing at 1,251. Toussaint Kongo-Doudou, a spokesman for the mission, said 1,113 bodies had been recovered and nearly 300,000 were homeless in Haiti's northwest province - with the vast majority of victims in Gonaives
>> The crisis was only the latest in long-suffering Haiti, a country of 8 million people that has suffered 30 coups d'etats. In February, rebels forced President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from power, prompting the United States to send troops who later turned over responsibility to a U.N. peacekeeping force<<
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