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Saturday, June 14, 2008
Haitian lawmakers rejected President Rene Preval's nominee for prime minister on Thursday, in another blow to his efforts to establish a stable democracy in the impoverished Caribbean country. It was the second rejection of a candidate for the post in the past month, leaving the president saddled with a lame-duck government. The candidacy of Robert Manuel, a longtime friend and adviser to Preval, was rejected in a 57-22 vote in the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house in Haiti's parliament.
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