Port-Au-Prince - Two people died in a gunfight at one polling site and late distribution of ballots delayed voting elsewhere in Haiti's parliamentary and local elections yesterday, further hampering efforts to establish a full government in the impoverished Caribbean nation.
The nation of 7.5 million people has operated without a full government since President Rene Preval dissolved parliament in January 1999. That has held up distribution of more than $500 million of international aid in Haiti, where the average yearly income is below $400 per person.