Since very little Haitian land has clear title, much of the area around Port-au-Prince is now occupied by squatters who resist eviction.

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It has also leased a 12, 000-acre land area to Chinese developers for a zone in Gwadar Port in Baluchistan Province, near the entrance to the Gulf of Oman.

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But he quashed the council's registration of the West Beach as a village green because it fell within the Newhaven port area and was "incompatible with the statutory purpose for which the land is held".

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