Reprinted from Caribbean Net News
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New UN forces arrive in Haiti
02-03-2007

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (UPI): An additional 350 troops have been added to the UN peacekeeping force in Haiti, the United Nations said.

The Nepalese forces join some 7,000 multi-national troops led by Brazilian forces already in the embattled Caribbean nation trying to bring order to the country.

UN peacekeepers first arrived in Haiti in the spring of 2004 to take over from an interim force led by US Marines, which came to the island following the departure of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Armed gunmen had overrun the country, calling for the resignation of Aristide, who left the country in February 2004.