Haitian Prime Minister Resigns After Protests

Haiti's prime minister has resigned after violent anti-government protests. In a speech early Sunday, Laurent Lamothe said he was leaving "with a sense of accomplishment.'' Protesters had called for President Michel Martelly and Lamothe both to resign. Martelly was to have called polls in 2011, but they were postponed in a stalemate over electoral law. Opposition politicians accuse President Martelly of wanting to rule by decree and that legislation that would...

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