Mr Preval's team, naturally, denies anything of the sort.

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All of which adds up to a growing suspicion in some quarters that Mr Preval may be seeking ways to keep postponing polling day, little by little, just long enough to ensure that the polls coincide with the presidential one due in December 2000.

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The driver was killed, and she was badly wounded, but she survived, fortunately--and Mr. Preval did not appreciate that.

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Mr. RALPH LATORTUE (Haiti's Consul General for South Florida): President Preval sent a message to the international community asking for help and demanding, if possible, to have military bridges so they can reestablish communication with the rest of the country.

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