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Haiti - Hundreds attend Jean Claude Duvalier's funeral Saturday

Hundreds of people attended the funeral of former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier on Saturday... Mourners paused to pay their respects in front of Duvalier's coffin draped with Haiti's red-and-blue flag before greeting his partner Veronique Roy, his ex-wife Michele Bennett and their two children...

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The associated press reports...

Members of Haiti's elite and former officials of Duvalier's regime arrived in luxury SUVs, joining more humble citizens in ill-fitting suits, and quickly filled the chapel on the grounds of the Saint-Louis du Gonzague school in the Delmas district of Port-au-Prince. Representatives for President Michel Martelly and Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe attended, though both leaders were outside Haiti on official trips.

Also attending was former President Boniface Alexandre.

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Herve says...

L'histoire en dira le

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Marlene says...

O Death Where Is Thy Victory

Mercy fo the ex-President Jean Claude Duvalier.

The young man is physically dead. Please have mercy on his soul. Now everything is up to the Almighty God-the Master of the judgment day.We are all sinners and come short to the glory of

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Marie Nadine Pierre says...

Jah love. How could these people attend the funeral of such an evil and wicked monster?

They will soon join him in hell. Blessed

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