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At least three people were killed and seven wounded yesterday in
clashes between rebels and government troops and militiamen as
United Nations peacekeepers began taking over from west African...
An uncertain calm held in Liberia yesterday after rebels and
loyalists came under fresh US pressure to lay down their guns, the
commander of west African peacekeepers said.
A top-level west African delegation visited Liberia's embattled
President Charles Taylor yesterday just four days before he is due
to resign and prepare to leave his war-torn country, officials
said.
West African peacekeepers consolidated their presence yesterday
outside Liberia's war-ravaged capital as President Charles Taylor
began to balk over his stated intention to go into exile in
Nigeria.
Embattled Liberian President Charles Taylor will hand over power to
his deputy next Monday before leaving the country, President Thabo
Mbeki said yesterday.
West African envoys arrived here yesterday to press Liberian
President Charles Taylor to step down and go into exile in Nigeria,
as a new mortar attack hit the war-wracked capital.