51.   Looters gathered at the port of the Haitian capital Saturday, with US troops trying to disperse them by firing into the air.

52.   Other Chinese officials were in the Haitian capital this week and met Haitian legislator Jean-Gabriel Fortune, who heads the Chamber of Deputies foreign affairs committee.

53.   The announcement came at the same time US officials signed agreements in the Haitian capital to promote US investment.

54.   The announcement here coincided with the signing in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince of several agreements intended to boost US investment to the Caribbean country.

55.   The embassy issued a statement blaming security forces for the violence afflicting the Haitian capital and some rural areas.

56.   The general toured the Haitian capital during the night to get a first-hand look at the situation, sources said.

57.   The Haitian capital is to get a new municipal police force to combat growing violence, the newly-reinstalled mayor Evans Paul said.

58.   The leader of an association of former military personnel was killed by gunfire in Port-au-Prince, sources in the Haitian capital said Monday.

59.   The order was given by communique to the headquarters of the United Nations- Organization of American States joint mission in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, sources said.