Police attack rebels in slum of Haitian port city

Thursday, February 12, 2004

GONAIVES, Haiti -- Police attacked rebels holed up in a slum in the port city of St. Marc on Wednesday and gunmen loyal to President Jean-Bertrand Aristide torched homes, killing two people as looting and reprisals raged in a popular revolt that has left at least 45 dead.

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