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Haiti prosecutor charges "Baby Doc" with graft, theft


    PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A Haitian prosecutor on Tuesday formally charged former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier with corruption, theft, misappropriation of funds and other alleged crimes committed during his 1971-1986 rule.

    "His fate is now in the hands of the investigating judge. We have brought charges against him," Port-au-Prince Chief Prosecutor Aristidas Auguste told Reuters.

    The charges must now be investigated by the judge who will decide whether a judicial case should go ahead.

    (Reporting by Joseph Guyler Delva; Editing by Pascal Fletcher)