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WHAT'S BEHIND 'BABY DOC' DUVALIER'S SURPRISING RETURN TO HAITI
Photo: Haiti's former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, center left, and his longtime companion Veronique Roy leave court as Louis-Jodel Chamblain, right, leads Duvalier by the arm in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday Jan. 18, 2011. A judge will decide whether Duvalier will be tried on charges that include corruption and embezzlement for allegedly pilfering the treasury before his 1986 ouster, a lawyer for the ex-strongman said Tuesday. Chamblain is a former leader of the armed uprising that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in February 2004. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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