Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigns as president of Haiti and flees the country for the Central African Republic. The chief justice of the Haitian supreme court, Boniface Alexandre, is sworn in as interim president.
//www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/29/1077989442372.html ("Sydney Morning Herald")
//www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNewsstoryID=4461959 (Reuters)
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