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Port-au-Prince, Feb 8 (EFE).- The Haitian opposition challenged the authority of President Jovenel Moïse on Monday by declaring the end of his mandate and appointing an interim president, a day after the government denounced an alleged coup plot.The new president recognized only by the opposition is Judge Joseph Mécène Jean Louis of the country's Supreme Court, amid a growing dispute over when Moïse's term ends. (Camera: JEAN MARC HERVÉ ABELARD). SHOT LIST: CLASHES BETWEEN PROTESTERS AND POLICE AT CHAMPS MARS, NEAR THE NATIONAL PALACE, IN PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI.
In a video statement, 72-year-old Judge Joseph Mecene Jean-Louis, says he "accept(s) the choice of the opposition and civil society, to serve (his) country as interim president for the transition" after Haitian opposition parties named the top judge as interim leader as the latest attempt to oust President Jovenel Moise, whose term they say has expired. SOUNDBITE
Port-au-Prince, Jul 12 (EFE).- Former Haitian opposition senators Youri Latortue and Steven Benoît gave statements Monday on the case of Jovenel Moise's killing, following the summons by the prosecutor Bed-Ford Claude. The prosecutor also summoned the business moguls Réginald Boulos and Dimitri Vorbe, as well as four of the chiefs police and military responsible for presidential security. (Camera: MARÍA MONTECELO).B-ROLL OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE PALACE OF JUSTICE IN PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI.
The University of Missouri named an African-American administrator and former student as interim president on Thursday. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
A Russian court sentences top human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov to two and a half years in jail for denouncing Russia's offensive against Ukraine. The judge finds Orlov guilty for "committing a crime under article 280" ("calls for extremist activity") and orders "imprisonment for a period of two years and six months." Orlov was accused of discrediting the Russian army after writing a column written for the French online publication Mediapart, and fined in October after a first trial. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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