Four bombs explode in Haiti

Four bombs have exploded in Haiti just three weeks before the inauguration of President-elect Jean Bertrand Aristide.

The explosions come days before the opposition meets to form an alternative government.

Two bombs exploded in the centre of Port-au-Prince, a third in a suburban open-air market and another went off near a public high school on the outskirts of the capital.

One person has been arrested in connection with one of the attacks.

Just weeks away from Mr Aristide's inauguration on February 7, tension has been building in the capital where an alliance of opposition groups are planning to write a platform for a national unity government that would hold quick general elections.

All of Haiti's main opposition parties boycotted the presidential elections in November claiming that local and legislative elections in May were rigged to give Aristide's Lavalas Family party 80%of seats.

Aristide won with nearly 92% of the vote over six little-known opponents.