toll rises to at least 40 killed .
An armed uprising spread to nearly a dozen towns in western and northern Haiti on Monday, the strongest challenge yet to President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. At least 40 people have been killed in what the government says is an attempted coup.
Some residents fled the town of Grand-Goave with belongings perched on their heads Monday, a day after rebels evicted the police and torched the station.
Police struggled to regain control of the port city of St. Marc, 45 miles west of Port-au-Prince, clashing sporadically in gunbattles with rebels. On Sunday, hundreds of residents took advantage of the chaos, stealing TV sets, mattresses and sacks of flour from shipping containers.
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