41.   Clinton said at the White House that the safest way for Haitians to seek asylum in the United States was at a special center in the Haitian capital.

42.   Durocher-Bertin was gunned down in the Haitian capital three days before Clinton arrived for a visit here.

43.   The mood in the Haitian capital Saturday seemed split between fear of an invasion and hope that a last-minute solution would be hammered out.

44.   The move was seen by observers in the Haitian capital as an important gesture toward the military.

45.   The presidential press office said several individuals were arrested after police regained control of the National Palace, a sprawling white building in the center of the Haitian capital.

46.   They were to head to the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince for Christmas eve and then meet with the US forces Christmas day.

47.   Three people including two former members of the security contingent of exiled president Jean-Bertrand Aristide were detained in the Haitian capital, informed sources said Tuesday.

48.   Two police officers were shot dead in an ambush staged by unknown assailants in a northern neighborhood of the Haitian capital, police said Tuesday.

49.   Two police officers were fatally shot on Saturday, also in the Haitian capital.

50.   Thousands who could afford to have fled the Haitian capital to escape score-settling by Aristide supporters and pro-government gunmen feared in the event of an invasion.