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Bangui, Central African Republic - Jean-Bertrand Aristide said on Monday that he still considers himself Haiti's leader, and called for "peaceful resistance" against the uprising that drove him into exile. "I am the democratically elected president and I remain so," Aristide told reporters at his first news conference in the Central African Republic capital of Bangui. "I plead for the restoration of democracy in Haiti." Aristide left the country on Feb. 29 as his supporters fought in the streets with rebel forces. Athens - The conservative New Democracy party defeated the ruling Socialist party in Greece's parliamentary elections Sunday, with new leader Costas Karamanlis promising to make the looming Olympic Games his top priority. "All of us, working together, will give our best to have the best and safest Olympics ever held," Karamanlis said of the Games, scheduled for Aug. 13-29. Preparations for the Games are running behind schedule. At least half of the city's projects for the Olympics have yet to be completed, according to some Greek politicians and the media. Baghdad - Iraqi leaders signed a new constitution into effect Monday, after a five-day delay caused by a deadly attack and last-minute balking by Shiite participants. The council members signed the constitution at a desk once owned by King Faisal I, Iraq's first monarch.
