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...past decade, loathe each other. Says Taylor: "The only good Doe is a dead Doe." In the past eight months Taylor's 10,000-member army has overrun most of the country, leaving only small pieces of Monrovia, the capital, in Doe's control and setting the Gio tribe, which supports Taylor, against one of Liberia's smallest but most powerful tribes, Doe's people, the Krahn...
...weeks ago, two bodies lay by the side of the road leading to a Monrovia airport, hands tied behind their backs. A third man, denying he was a Krahn, pleaded with the rebels for his life -- but to no avail. Creating yet more violence, Prince Yormie Johnson, a Gio, split away from Taylor last February. By the summer, Johnson and his few hundred men had swept into the center of the capital, taking on both Doe's and Taylor's forces...
...first extra-Roman excursion, to the Adriatic port of Bari on May 29, Benedict seemed uncomfortable with the chants of "Be-ne-det-to!" by young Catholics eager to pick up the old "Gio-van-ni Paolo!" tradition. (In subsequent weeks, he even shushed them.) "John Paul built a rapport based on [such] enthusiasm," says a Rome-based Cardinal. "This Holy Father tends to diminish the importance of enthusiasm." While preaching, Karol Wojtyla would wave, gesticulate and repeatedly make the sign of the Cross. Benedict's pulpit style is austere by contrast, which more and more seems a philosophical choice...
...Square follows Dunkin’ Donuts’ lead, locals and students alike might soon enjoy a bar they can feel comfortable going into without wearing Acqua di Gio or even a clothing store that doesn’t charge 50 bucks for a pair of frayed shorts. And who knows, in a few years, Harvard students might not have to flock to Davis Square to experience reality...
...most of Monday as Johnson's troops hunted down the fragmented remains of Doe's army, which was almost entirely made up of Krahn, one of the two main ethnic groups that are involved in the fighting. Doe was a Krahn, while Johnson and Taylor are aligned with the Gio tribe. More than 5,000 Liberians have been slaughtered by the three factions, often because of tribal affiliations...