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Protesters in Haiti capital contest election results


    PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters blocked streets with burning barricades in parts of the Haitian capital on Wednesday to contest results of troubled elections which are also being questioned by the United States.

    The protesters, some carrying sticks, shouted slogans in support of Michel Martelly, a popular musician and presidential candidate who failed to go through to a second round of voting in preliminary results from November 28 elections announced by Haitian electoral authorities late on Tuesday.

    (Reporting by Joseph Guyler Delva; Writing by Pascal Fletcher; Editing by Eric Beech)