42 dead after Haitian rebels uprising

Haitian rebels in nearly a dozen towns went on a rampage that has left at least 42 dead and prompted fears of a coup d’etat, in the strongest challenge yet to embattled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,

After sporadic gun battles yesterday, police regained control of the important port city of St Marc, 45 miles west of the capital, Port-au-Prince.