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The UN is proclaiming it is both legally immune and not responsible for a cholera outbreak in Haiti that has sickened nearly 500,000 and killed over 7,750 people since October 2010. The outbreak began with the arrival of UN peacekeepers from Nepal. But a Boston-based human rights group is determined this will not be the last word. The Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti said Wednesday it will sue the United Nations in 60 days if the world body does not agree to compensate Haitian cholera victims, apologize to the Caribbean nation for introducing the disease through its peacekeeping force, and launch a major effort to improve sanitation.