Liberian rebels order ceasefire in bloody battle for capital

LIBERIAN rebels engaged in an all-out battle for the country’s war-torn capital said yesterday they have ordered their troops to stop fighting.

"Our troops are being told to cease fire," said Charles Benny, an official with the rebel movement Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy, or LURD, currently in nearby Ghana for peace talks.

The call to stop fighting comes the day after a thunderous barrage of shells rained down on the city in the bloodiest fighting in two months.