Two days after returningto his native Haiti for the first time in a quarter century, notorious dictator Jean Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier was taken out a back doorof his hotel by police to face corruption, embezzlement and murder charges.

Duvalier's appearance and subsequent arrest is the latest saga in what has been a tumultuous year for Haiti since an earthquake leveled the capital city of Port-au-Prince, likely leaving hundreds of thousands dead and millions more relegated to tent cities or leaving the area altogether....