Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Haitian protester killed by UN in cholera riot - Americas, World - The Independent

Haitian protester killed by UN in cholera riot - Americas, World - The Independent:

"After violent clashes in Haiti between protesters and United Nations forces that left several wounded and one civilian dead, UN officials yesterday were endeavouring to discredit claims that the cholera outbreak in the country can be traced to a contingent of peacekeepers recently deployed there from Nepal.

Attempts to blame the arrival of the disease – never before documented in Haiti – on conditions at an encampment of Nepalese peacekeepers in an area on the Artibonite River were described as 'misinformation' by UN spokesperson Corinne Momal-Vanian."

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