ANTI-UN riots spread to several Haitian cities yesterday as protesters blaming foreign peacekeepers for a deadly outbreak of cholera exchanged gunfire with soldiers.

Anti-UN riots spread to several Haitian cities today as protesters blaming foreign peacekeepers for a deadly outbreak of cholera exchanged gunfire with soldiers.

Haiti’s second-largest city was under threat from rebels today as frightened police barricaded themselves inside their station saying they could not repel an attack on the last major government bastion in the north.

THE prime minister of Haiti last night appealed for international help, saying the Caribbean country is in the throes of a coup d'état.