Rebels converge on Haitian capital

Rebels who have launched a bloody uprising took control of another town today, closing in on the capital as Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide appealed for foreign peacekeepers and the country lurched toward chaos.

Rebels converge on Haitian capital

Rebels who have launched a bloody uprising took control of another town today, closing in on the capital as Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide appealed for foreign peacekeepers and the country lurched toward chaos.

The rebels drove police out and freed about 67 prisoners in Mireblais, about 30 miles southeast of Port-au-Prince, according to witnesses.

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