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Reuters

Haiti chooses next prime minister amid gang violence. Haiti’s transition council on April 30 named Edgard Leblanc, the former senate president, to head the body instated last week as it seeks to bring security back to the violence-wracked Caribbean nation. In a ceremony, the council – formed by seven voting members including Mr. Leblanc and two non-voting observers – also named Fritz Belizaire, former youth and sports minister, to be prime minister. Leaders of the gangs who have exerted increasing control are clamoring for political influence and amnesties and threatening violence if their demands are not met.