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...main political party, the National Liberation Front (FLN), withdrew five ministers from the coalition cabinet. President Abdelaziz Bouteflika fired FLN leader Ali Benflis as PM in May, and sacked five other FLN ministers last month. The U.N. Moves In LIBERIA Fighting between rebels and government forces in Monrovia marred the formal takeover by the U.N. of peacekeeping duties. The 3,500 members of the interim West African force already in Liberia formed the nucleus of the new U.N. Mission to Liberia (UNMIL). The last of 200 U.S. soldiers left the country. Easy Victory RWANDA With 74% of the vote, President...
...Even before he left, there was a change of mood in Monrovia. Nigerian peacekeepers had taken over checkpoints. Instead of gun-wielding teenagers begging for money, there were uniformed soldiers and white armored personal carriers. Less than an hour after the transfer of power, American warships sailed by the coast, and Liberians gathered on the beaches to stare. "I think they can see us from here," said Harry John, 24. "When Taylor leaves they will come." Two helicopters flew closer and the streets filled with cheers...
...Number of U.S. Marines to arrive in Monrovia, Liberia's war-torn capital...
During the past few weeks of fighting, the Old Bridge between downtown Monrovia and the industrial Bushrod Island formed the front line. Each push or counterattack started here and, invariably, ended here. But on Aug. 5, when government troops stepped onto the bridge, the rebels were waiting for them - with handshakes and hugs. "They looked at me and said, 'We're happy. We want peace,'" says Timothy Daydee, a 29-year-old government soldier. "I looked back and said, 'Yes, I want peace.'" For the rest of the afternoon, the rebels on one side of the bridge danced and waved...
...Taylor's not a man who can sit quietly," says the Archbishop of Monrovia, Michael Kpakala Francis. "He will try to destabilize whatever government is sitting here." Taylor's support of armed rebellions in nearby countries has turned his neighbors against him, too. Nigeria has gone out on a limb to offer him asylum, and a rejection would earn its enmity. His resignation strips him of presidential immunity, and leaves him vulnerable to arrest by Liberian authorities. Taylor's aides have been calling for his indictment to be lifted before he leaves the country, gambling that a little ambiguity over...