haiti news: april 10 2008 new york times

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Haiti's President Tries to Halt Crisis Over Food

The police in Haiti struggled Wednesday to control looting and rioting over high food prices as President René Préval issued a sharp call for an end to the chaos.

"The solution is not to go around destroying stores," Mr. Préval said in a national address.

"I'm giving you orders to stop." In the speech, his first public comments on the issue since protests began last week, he urged Haiti's Congress to cut taxes on imported food. Meanwhile, looters emptied stores, warehouses and government offices and burned tires in Port-au-Prince, the capital.

Most Haitians survive on less than $2 a day, and rioters say the prices of staples have spiraled so high that most people are going hungry.

Amid the violence, many businesses were closed, and the American Embassy urged Americans in Port-au-Prince and Les Cayes to stay inside.

At right, the police detained men suspected of looting near the presidential palace.

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Claude, April 10 2008, 7:13 PM

Topic: HAITI NEWS: APRIL 11 2008

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