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Haitian police retake major city


Television pictures showed people
looting from shipping containers

Haitian authorities have retaken a key northern city from rebels opposed to President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Police, backed by helicopters, entered the port of Saint-Marc, about 65 miles (105km) north of the capital Port-au-Prince, city residents said.

Prime Minister Yvon Neptune flew to the city and urged all sides to help restore calm.

Earlier, Mr Neptune accused the civil opposition of trying to mount a coup as unrest continued to spread in Haiti.

About 10 towns in northwestern Haiti have been affected by the five-day street violence in which some 40 people have been reportedly killed.

An opposition spokesman denied backing the unrest and called for foreign intervention to avert civil war

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