PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide has returned home after seven years in exile.
The ousted former leader arrived in the capital Friday on a jet from South Africa. Aristide waved from a window at journalists, airport workers and dignitaries who had gathered at the entrance to the plane on the runway.
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