Unrest spreads across Haiti
MARC, Haiti Violent opposition to President Jean-Bertrand Aristide spread across
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Using felled trees, flaming tires and car chassis, residents blocked the streets into St. Marc, a day after rebels drove out the police in gun battles that killed two people.
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Flaming barricades were set in roads in the capital,
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News media reports said that burning barricades had also been erected in Cap-Haïtien and that the police station in Grand-Goave, west of the capital, had been burned down after an attack by opponents of Aristide.
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At least 18 people have been killed since armed rebels began their assault four days ago, setting police stations on fire and driving officers from the key city of
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Gonaïves was the site of the bloodiest fights of recent days. At least nine people were killed on Saturday when 150 police officers tried to retake control of the city; they were driven out in gun battles with rebels hiding on side streets and
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Crowds mutilated and beat the corpses of three police officers.
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Rebels continued to rule the streets of Gonaïves on Sunday, though it was unclear how many armed militants were the city of 200,000,
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Anger has been brewing in
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Clashes between government opponents and the police and Aristide supporters have killed at least 69 people since mid-September, when political violence erupted. @(AP, AFP)
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Calling the violence acts of terrorism, the government has vowed to regain control of Gonaïves, but it was unclear when the police planned to return.
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Militants have attacked police stations in at least five small towns near Gonaïves since Friday, Haitian radio reports said. Judge Walter Pierre told Radio Ginen, a private station, that armed men were occupying the police station in the town of Anse Rouge on Saturday.