New U.N. commander in Haiti says peacekeepers must take gang-infested slum

&to=http://english.pravda.ru/world/2000/11/08/771.html' target=_blank>U.N. troops must take control of a vast, gang-infested slum used to stage kidnappings and other attacks while minimizing "collateral damage" to civilians, the new U.N. commander told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Cite Soleil is where kidnappers have stashed their hostages, and which heavily armed U.N. peacekeepers have barely penetrated. U.N. officials say the slum where at least 200,000 people live is so insecure that polling booths will not be erected there for national elections on Tuesday.