1.   Aristide said the attack on the National Palace was an attempt to assassinate him and overthrow democracy, but the opposition charges it was staged to repress dissent.

2.   Aristide said the palace attack was an attempt to assassinate him and overthrow democracy, but the opposition charges it was a staged event designed to repress dissent.

3.   Aristide said the attack was an attempt to assassinate him and overthrow democracy, but the opposition charges it was a staged event designed to repress dissent.

4.   Outsiders were even less able to distinguish Zimbabweans from the people of Sierra Leone, where an infant West African democracy was overthrown in a military coup Sunday.