21.   Feared coup leader Michel Francois fled Haiti to the Dominican Republic Tuesday in a humiliating overland journey while his hated empire of paramilitary supporters crumbled in his wake.

22.   Friday night, administration officials conceded that the coup leaders had not done so explicitly.

23.   Guei, the coup leader, has promised elections but given no date yet.

24.   If Washington cannot get the coup leaders to back down, it should suspend American aid and work to persuade other countries to do the same.

25.   In the Orange Republic, coup leaders wear suits,

26.   Later, in private practice, however, Craig represented a Haitian family with close ties to coup leaders in Haiti.

27.   Nigeria appears very close to knocking off the coup leaders and restoring the deposed elected president.

28.   Some Aristide supporters said they opposed allowing the three coup leaders to leave the country.

29.   Some of his top men, including fellow coup leader and Port-au-Prince Police Chief Michel Francois, have already fled.

30.   The administration would also unfreeze U.S.-based assets of many Haitians, but would continue to freeze assets belonging to the coup leaders and other top military officials.