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Nine die as UN troops clash with militiamen

RAMPAGES by ex-government fighters left at least nine people dead in Liberia’s capital yesterday and police and residents said all but one of the deaths came in fighting between UN troops and the ex-militiamen.

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Liberians jubilant as rebels withdraw and US peacekeepers fly in

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Rebels lift siege in Monrovia

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US troops land in Liberia

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Aid lifeline as rebels agree to leave Liberia's capital

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Taylor reconsiders pledge to stand down

Liberian rebels call ceasefire with strings

Liberia’s biggest rebel group called yet another ceasefire today, but insisted they would maintain the siege of the capital Monrovia until peace troops arrive.

Tue, 29 Jul, 2003

Liberian rebels reject US demand to leave capital

LIBERIAN rebels rejected US calls yesterday to withdraw immediately from the capital Monrovia and said amid fresh heavy fighting that they would stay until foreign peacekeepers arrived.

Mon, 28 Jul, 2003

Ambassador urges rebels to pull back as mortars kill 14

MORTAR rounds pounded homes in Liberia’s rebel-besieged capital, killing at least 14 people, while the US ambassador appealed yesterday to insurgents to withdraw from the bloodied city and reopen its port for desperately needed food and aid.

Mon, 28 Jul, 2003

Liberia battles raise death toll

Explosions rocked Liberia’s capital today as rebels and government forces battled at key crossings leading toward President Charles Taylor’s downtown stronghold.

Sun, 27 Jul, 2003

Liberia ceasefire shatters as rebels take bridge

Liberian rebels shattered a day-old pledge to cease-fire, lobbing mortars at neighbourhoods crowded with refugees and briefly capturing a key bridge in the war-ruined capital desperately short of food and water.

Thu, 24 Jul, 2003