Workers started digging a mass grave for the bodies of Haitian flood victims today after Tropical Storm Jeanne left up to 1,000 people dead.

A celebration marking the 200th anniversary of Haiti’s independence from France ended in violent clashes between police and protesters.

Heavily armed gunmen crashed a stolen tractor through the wall of a provincial prison in Haiti, freeing a former supporter of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and a host of criminals in Haiti’s second city.