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Port-Au-Prince (AFP) July 13, 2010 Dozens of young Haitians on Tuesday burned tires and at least one car during demonstrations in Port-au-Prince demanding the ouster of President Rene Preval. Just a day after the Caribbean nation marked the six-month anniversary of the quake which hit on January 12, demonstrators from some of the poorest areas of the ravaged capital set at least one vehicle on fire, and erected barricades of burning tires along city center streets. They also brandished photos of former Haitian presidents Jean-Claude Duvalier and Jean-Bertrand Aristide, both currently in exile. No injuries were reported among the demonstrators, but drivers abandoned the area after stone-throwing protestors shattered windscreens. Police took up positions in front of the presidential palace, where demonstrators called for the electoral council organizing legislative and presidential elections scheduled for November 28 to resign. Anti-government demonstrations died down in Haiti during the World Cup, but have ramped back up quickly as the country marks the anniversary of the earthquake that killed at least 250,000 people, and left 1.5 million homeless. Preval's mandate expires in February 2011, but several parties have accused him of seeking to stay in office beyond his term.
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