Former hotel workers Sandip Moneea and Avinash Treebhoowoon were cleared of Mrs McAreavey's killing by a jury at the Supreme Court in the capital Port Louis.

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The riots began in the poorer suburbs of Port Louis.

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Louis Belanger, a spokesman for Oxfam in Port-au-Prince, said many roads had been made passable so that trucks can deliver aid.

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