Man Beheaded in Haitian capital

A MAN'S beheaded body lay in the street in a seaside slum today near the smouldering remains of another beheaded corpse that was wrapped in tyres and set ablaze - victims accused of spying on loyalists of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The grisly scene in La Saline slum brought the death toll from a week of political killings to at least 20, even as police claimed they were regaining control in Haiti's capital, where Aristide supporters ratcheted up the violence to back demands for his return from exile in South Africa. [more