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Thursday, September 29, 2005
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By Ben Fox
lliE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Disgruntled pres-
idaitial hopefuls who were ruled ineligible to
run in the Nov 20 election should appeal to
Haiti’s Supreme Court, an election official said
Monday
^veral would-be candidates visited the office
of Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Coimcil,
demanding to know why they weren’t on the
list published Friday of the 32 people eligible to
run.
‘Tf the court rules in their favor, they will be
back on the list,” said Stephan Lacroix, a
spokesman for the council. "It is possible, but it
also depends on the law.”
Secretary of State Condoleezza Ric« plans to
visit Haiti on liiesday to show support for the
elections. During her da>dong visit, she will
meet with members of the interim govOTiment
and representatives of a U.N. peacekeeping
force.
Her visit follows one by Albert Ramdin, assis
tant secretary general of the Organization of
American States, who noted prepress with
voter registration - now at nearly 3 million _
and with improvii^ security in the troubled
nation, where 7,600 U.N. peacekeepers patrol
the streets.
Ramdin said, however, that the legal system
still needs to be reformed in Haiti, where hun
dreds of people, including prominent political
figures, have been jailed without charges.
“Our objective is to have the best possible elec
tions in Haiti, elections which are fi^, fair and
at the same time credible,” he said Monday as
he prepared to leave the country
The electoral coimcdl has rejected 22 candi
dates, including Dumarsais Simeus, a wealthy
U.S. businessman who is the son of Haitian
peasants and owner of one of the largest black-
owned businesses in the United States.
Simeus, who owns Mansfield, ■ Tfexas-based
Simeus Foods International, Inc., plans to
appeal within the next few days, his campaign
said.
Lacroix said the candidates must get a court
decision in their favor before Oct. 8, which is the
official start of the race - the first since
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted
following a violent February 2004 rebellion
Simeus was barred because his U.S. dtiz^-
ship makes him inedible under the constitu
tion, while other candidates were rejected most
ly because they submitted incomplete paper
work, officials said.
Anothar candidate, the Rev. Gerard Jean-
Juste, a prominsat figure in Aristide’s Lavalas
Party was barred because he has beenj ailed on
suspicion of involvement in the abduction and
slaying of a local journalist. Jean-Juste has
denied the accusations.
Jean-Juste was suspended fix)m his church
duties for his political activities, according to a
letter jfrom the archbishdp released Monday
Anotha* candidate, JacXjues Ronald Belot of
the Independent Force ©f Haiti said he was
rejected after being told the ni^t before the
Sept. 15 registration deadline that he had to
put the names of all 70,000 people who signed
his candidacy petition on a computer disk.
“When I told them it’s impossible, the election
will be over by the time I finish putting it on the
disk, they said that’s my problem,” Belot said.
He is appealing the decision.
The 32 approved candidates include two pre
sumed fix)nt-runners: former President Rene
Preval, a one-time close ally of Aristide, and
Marc Bazin, a former prime minister.
Livingstone opens UNCF eampaign
By Mai Li Munoz Adams
FOR niE CH.\RWnE POST
- SALISBURY. - While all
was quiet outside
Livingstone College’s J.W.
Hjod Building Sept. 22,
there was a party going on
inside.
With noisemakers and bub
bles galore, Livingstone
launched its 2005-2006
United Negro College Fund
campaign. Members of the
Salisbur^-Rowan community
joined acting President
Catrelia Hunter, the Board of
lYustees, and UNCF
Charlotte Area Development
Director Marilyn Richards for
the celebration.
UNCF is “the nation’s
laigest, oldest, most success
ful and most comprehensive
minority higher education
assistance organization,”
Richards said
The College Fund provides
operatii^ funds and technol
ogy enhancement services for
39 member historically black
colleges and universities,
scholarships and internships
for students at about 900
institutions,
UNCF alumni include
Martin Luther King Jr,
Mary McLeod Bethime and
Zora Neale Hurston.
AccuWeather, cotn^ 7*day forecast for Charlotte, NC
Thursday
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Saturday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Weather Trends This Week
Temperatures
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Sun
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Moon
Rise
Set
Rise Set
Thursday ■
7;17am,
7.11 p.m.
Thursday
3'33a.m. 5 39 p.m.
Friday
7 18am.
7:09 p.m
Friday
4 32 am. 6.04 p.m.
Saturday
7-l9am.
7 08 pm
Saturday
5 30am 6.28 pm.
Sunday
7 19am
7 06 p.m.
Sunday
6 28 a.m. 6.51 p.m
MorvJay
7 20 a m.
7.06 p m.
Monday
7 26 a.m. 7:14 p.m.
Tuesday
7:21 a m
7 03 pm
Tuesday
8 26 a.m. 7 40 p.m.
Wednesday
7 22 am.
7:02 p m.
Wednesday
9 29 a.m. 8.09 p.m.
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Aiken. SC
87 58 t
78 54 8
81 60 8
81
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Memphis, TN
Augusta. GA
86 55 t
78 52 8
80 57 8
62
60 t
Myrtle Beach, SC
Charleston, SC
89 63 t
78 62 8
81 64 t
62
65 t
Norldk, VA
Coiinibia. SC
86 60 t
76 56 8
78 62 8
81
61 pc
RaleighL NC
Durtiacn. NC
82 51 t
74 49 8
77 54 8
79
57 8
Richmond. VA
Greensboro. NC
80 47 t
72 50 8
76 55 8
77
57 8
Roanoke. VA
Greenville. SC
62 52 t
72 54 8
73 59 8
77
60 pc
Savannah, GA
Knoxville, TN
70 51 sh
74 55 8
78 56 8
77
56 8
Wilmington, NC
Lyrtchburg. VA
76 41 t
66 43 8
73 51 8
77
54 8
Winston-Salem. NC
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Friday
Saturday
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Atlanta
80 60 t
76 59 8
79 63 pc
79
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Boston
70 44 r
64 48 8
72 54 8
73
56 8
Minrteapoiis
Chic ago
62 44 pc
68 50 8
74 54 8
76
56 8
New Orleans
Cleveland
99 44 sh
63 46 8
74 54 8
75
56 8
New York City
DaNas
80 62 pc
82 68 8
84 68 t
88
66 t
Orlando
Denver
77 44 pc
74 46 8h
77 48 8
76
44 8
Pittsburgh
Detrort
60 42 pc
66 48 8
72 52 *8
72
52 8
Phoenix
Houston
88 66 t
84 66 pc
66 68 pc
88
68 t
San Franaaco
Kansas City
76 48 8
74 52 8
70 54 pc
80
57 8
Seattle
L08 Angeles
88 64 s
64 64 8
82 62 8
80
63 pc
Washington. DC
World Cities
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Friday
Saturday
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An^terdam
61 52 sh
59 54 8h
61 50 sh
96
45 sh
Pans
Berlin
59 45 sh
63 46 pc
65 46 sh
60
43 r
Rio de Janeiro
Buerxie Arres
69 50 6h
63 52 pc
67 57 pc
67
60 pc
Rome.
Cairo
89 65 s
88 66 8
89 66 8
90
68 8
San Juan
Jerusalem
71 58 pc
74 58 8
77 58 8
77
58 8
Seoul
Jonanr>eeburg
69 46 8
71 49 pc
76 52 8
67
51 pc
Syctiey
Lorvlon
63 52 pc
66 52 r
63 50 Sh
64
46 pc
Tokyo
Msneo C3ty
74 47 pc
73 48 pc
73 49 pc
69
48 pc
Torortb
Moscow
63 50 8h
65 44 pc
63 51 pc
66
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Zurich
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79 56 t
82 52 t
78 46 t
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HI Lo W
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77 60 8
70 57 8
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76 58 8
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71 56 8
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73 64 pc
75 62 pc
88 77 t
73 65 I
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76 66 pc
74 54 pc
69 53 sh
Sunday
HI Lo W
81 64 t
80 64 pc
79 63 8
80 58 pc
80 56 8
76 56 8
82 66 t
80 62 pc
77 58 8
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HI Lo W
88 78 t
71 50 pc
86 72 t
73 62 8
88 72 t
76 54 8
100 75 8
74 56 pc
64 52 r
76 60 8
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74 65 pc
73 64 pc
68 78 pc
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81 71 pc
76 56 pc
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