Photos: Haiti's Presidential Election
Michel "Sweet Mickey" elected Haiti's president.
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"Sweet Mickey" Wins - Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly is declared the winner of Haiti's presidential election, preliminary results show. Final results are due April 16.Haitians went to the polls last month to vote for a new president. They chose between Mirlande Manigat, a former first lady and senator, and Martelly, a popular singer who has never held public office. The two candidates had similar agendas, promising to provide universal education in a country where only half the children attend school and to build houses in a country that has seen little reconstruction. Final results are due April 16. In this image, a Martelly supporter shows off his hair shaped in the number 8, referring to Martelly's number on voting ballots. (Photo: AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Results Postponed - Haiti postponed the announcement of preliminary results of their presidential election to April 4 because of alleged voter fraud. Gaillot Dorsinvil, president of Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council, said that officials found a "high level" of fraud and irregularities at the tabulation center in the capital city of Port-au-Prince. (Photo: AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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Haitians Go to the Polls - People wait in line to cast their ballots at a polling station during a presidential runoff in Petion Ville, Port-au-Prince. (Photo by AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Michel Martell Votes - Presidential candidate and singer Michel Martelly, 50, casts his ballot at a polling station in Port-au-Prince. Whoever becomes president will face severe challenges, including a cholera outbreak, an opposition-controlled legislature and anger over the stalled reconstruction from the devastating January 2010 earthquake.(Photo by AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Mirlande Manigat Votes - Mirlande Manigat, 70, is a university administrator, former first lady and longtime fixture on the Haitian political scene. In this image, Manigat casts her ballot during a presidential runoff at a polling station in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by AP Photo/Jean Jacques Augustin)
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Wyclef Shot - With a bandage in his right hand, Haitian-American singer Wyclef Jean casts his ballot in Port-au-Prince. Jean told the AP in a telephone interview he was grazed by a bullet to the hand when he stepped out of his car in Haiti to make a phone call. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Rousing the Crowd - Presidential candidate Michel Martelly gestures to supporters from the top of a vehicle after voting. The campaign has largely been about the candidates' distinct personalities, while Martelly has enjoyed a boost for his popularity among urban youth and his outsider status. (Photo by AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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The Candidates - Voters are also choosing seven senators and 77 members of the Chamber of Deputies. Anger with the government runs deep, and nearly a million people are living on the streets. In this image, electoral workers count ballots at a polling station in Port-au-Prince. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
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Counting Ballots - Electoral workers count ballots in Port-au-Prince.(AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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A Long Wait - People wait in line to cast their ballots. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Out and About - Wyclef Jean takes a walk through Port-au-Prince. Jean, who has been in Haiti helping the presidential campaign of his friend and fellow musician Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly, said a bullet grazed him late Saturday night as he stepped out of his car in the Delmas section of the capital to make a call on his cellphone. He heard the shots and looked down to see blood on his shirt and sneakers. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Greeting Supporters - If elected, Mirlande Manigat would be Haiti's first woman elected president, though not the first to serve in the job—an honor held by a Supreme Court Justice who was provisionally appointed to the post following a military coup in 1990. In this image, Manigat waves to supporters after voting. (Photo by AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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Aristide Arrives Back Home - Haiti's former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide waves to supporters as he arrives home in Port-au-Prince last Friday. Aristide, who was forced to flee Haiti due to a rebellion in 2004, returned after seven years of exile in South Africa days before Haiti's presidential runoff election Sunday. (Photo by AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
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Ahead of Sunday's election, supporters of former first lady Mirlande Manigat gather at a campaign rally in Port-au-Prince.(Photo by AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
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Aristide Arrives Back Home - Former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide is mobbed by supporters. (Photo by AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
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Arisitide's Home - Supporters of Haiti's former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide gather outside his home as he arrives in Port-au-Prince. The former president criticized the electoral council's decision to bar his political party, Lavalas Family, from the election, saying it had disenfranchised a majority of Haitians in the sharply divided nation.(Photo by AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Aristide on His Mind - A man wears an image of Haiti's former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide on his forehead as he waits to vote. Aristide is an advocate of the poor and he was a leader of the movement that shook off a hated dictatorship. But the former priest has his critics, who say he led a corrupt government and orchestrated violent attacks on enemies. (Photo by AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Standing Guard - U.N. peacekeepers from Brazil stand guard Saturday at the gate of a polling station in Port-au-Prince. (Photo by AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)