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JEAN RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF HAITI
Hip-hop star WYCLEF JEAN is running for president of his native Haiti after officially filing election papers confirming his candidacy on Thursday (05Aug10).
The Fugees rapper ended weeks of speculation when he jetted into the country on Thursday morning and headed straight to the electoral council office in the capital Port-Au-Prince to lodge the documents, according to the AFP.
Jean, who had earlier stepped down as head of his Yele Haiti charity, was accompanied by his wife Marie Claudinette and their adopted daughter, Angelina.
The star revealed his race for presidency was driven by