Haiti: Opposition rejects US peace plan

An opposition coalition, insisting that President Jean-Bertrand Aristide resign, rejected a US-backed peace plan to avert all-out civil war as Haiti’s leader urgently appealed to the world for help.

With a motley group of rebels overruning half the country and threatening the capital Port-au-Prince – led in part by Haitians accused in past massacres - yesterday’s stalemate caused alarm in the international community.