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Haiti's former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide waves upon his arrival at the international airport in Port-au- Prince, March 18, 2011.

From [HERE]and [HERE] Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide made a triumphant homecoming to Haiti on Friday after seven years of exile, returning despite U.S. objections two days before a crucial presidential vote.

Thousands of enthusiastic followers turned out to greet the former leader, who is still widely revered in impoverished Haiti as a champion of the poor, although viewed by the United States as divisive figure who could disrupt Sunday's election. Supporters whooped and cheered at Port-au-Prince airport as a smiling Aristide, accompanied by his family and actor and black rights activist Danny Glover, emerged from the charter plane that brought him home from South Africa.

"If you could lean against my heart you could hear how fast it is beating, how it is singing a melody to Haiti," Aristide, wearing a blue suit, told reporters at the airport.

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