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A woman suffering cholera symptoms is carried to a local hospital in Limbe village near Cap Haitien, Haiti, in November. In 2010, crisis piled upon crisis in Haiti. More than 230,000 are believed to have died in the quake, and more than a million remain homeless. A cholera epidemic broke out in the fall, and a dysfunctional election was held, its results still unclear. (Associated Press)

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A rice farmer eats his lunch while sitting in a field covered in muddy water thought to be contaminated by the cholera bacteria in Saint-Marc, Haiti, on Saturday. The cholera epidemic that killed nearly 4,000 people is claiming fewer victims with a sharp drop in new cases everywhere from the Artibonite Valley to the crowded urban slums. (Associated Press)

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Supporters of Haiti's former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier chant pro-Duvalier slogans outside the hotel where Mr. Duvalier is staying in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday Jan. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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Haiti's former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier talks by phone on the balcony of his hotel room in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday Jan. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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Haiti's ex-dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier (center) arrives to court surrounded by police in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday. Haitian police led him out of his hotel and took him to court Tuesday without saying whether he was being charged with crimes committed under his brutal regime. (Associated Press)

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Police officers take ex-dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier out of his hotel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday Jan. 18, 2011. Haitian police took Mr. Duvalier, who abruptly returned to Haiti on Sunday, out of his hotel to a waiting SUV without saying whether he was being detained for crimes committed under his brutal regime. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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National police officers patrol a corridor at the hotel floor where Haiti's former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier is staying in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday Jan. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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Haiti's former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier (center) waves to supporters from a hotel balcony after his arrival in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Sunday. Mr. Duvalier returned Sunday to Haiti after nearly 25 years in exile, a surprising and perplexing move that comes as his country struggles with a political crisis and the stalled effort to recover from last year's devastating earthquake. (Associated Press)

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Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier waves to the media at the Toussaint Louverture international airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011. Duvalier returned Sunday to Haiti after nearly 25 years in exile, a surprising and perplexing move that comes as his country struggles with a political crisis and the stalled effort to recover from last year's devastating earthquake.(AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

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Haiti Ambassador to the Holy See Carl-Henri Guiteau, left, wipes a tear as he attends a memorial Mass celebrated by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone at St. Mary Major Basilica, in Rome, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, on the first anniversary of the devastating Haiti earthquake. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2010 file photo, people walk down a street amid earthquake rubble in Port-au-Prince, haiti. In 2010 crisis has piled upon crisis in Haiti. More than 230,000 are believed to have died in the quake, and more than a million remain homeless. A cholera epidemic broke out in the fall, and in its midst a dysfunctional election was held, its results still unclear.(AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

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KEY EVENTS: A looter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, fends off rivals a week after the Jan. 12 earthquake in that impoverished country. (Associated Press)

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A man, wielding a broken bottle, defends himself and an item he looted in downtown Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010 after an earthquake shook Haiti. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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A girl suffering cholera symptoms receives treatment at the Doctors Without Borders temporary hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Nov. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

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Associated Press photographs A Haitian man removes debris from a damaged house Dec. 11 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, nearly a year after the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated the Caribbean island nation. Haitian contractors have played a negligible role in the rebuilding process.

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Frantz Philistin holds up an image of his 15-month-old son Keevins outside court in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday Dec. 15, 2010. Paul Waggoner, a U.S. citizen who helped found a group that provides medical supplies and transportation for aid missions in post-quake Haiti, is being held while authorities investigate allegations he kidnapped Keevins. Waggoner said the baby died at a hospital with fever and gastrointestinal distress in February. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

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Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol adjusts her mother's hair at a cholera treatment center in Haiti. Caption writers said Mrs. Palin was getting "her hair done." (Associated Press)

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Supporters of presidential candidate Michel Martelly protest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. Government-backed candidate Jude Celestin and former first lady Mirlande Manigat will advance to a second-round runoff in Haiti's presidential election, officials announced Tuesday as furious protests led by supporters of Mr. Martelly, the third-place candidate, broke out in the capital. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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Electoral council spokesman Richardson Dumele, bottom left, announces the results of the presidential elections during a press conference in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. Government-backed candidate Jude Celestin and former first lady Mirlande Manigat will advance to a second-round runoff in Haiti's presidential election, officials announced Tuesday as furious protests led by supporters of Michel Martelly, the third-place candidate, broke out in the capital. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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Supporters of presidential candidate Michel Martelly jump over burning items during a protest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. Government-backed candidate Jude Celestin and former first lady Mirlande Manigat will advance to a second-round runoff in Haiti's presidential election, officials announced Tuesday as furious protests led by supporters of Mr. Martelly, the third-place candidate, broke out in the capital. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)