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1. Liberia (Dinar)

2. Liberia

3. Bush Asks Liberia's Taylor to Leave Country (SwissPolitics.org - Clarke and Wilson)
   "Taylor's fate is the key to resolving Liberia's crisis. His foes from a civil war that cost 200,000 lives in the 1990s started a new war to oust him three years ago and now control nearly two-thirds of the country." 7-03

4. 07-26-03 People of Liberia Desparately Need U.S. Help (Indpendent - Walsh)
   "Nigeria has promised peacekeeping troops within a week, and the US made another baby step to an offer of concrete assistance. But for some Monrovians that help will come too late."
   
   " 'One week is like one million years to us,' said Benedict Gray. 'I thought Liberia was part of the international community. But we have been deserted by the whole world.' " 7-03

5. 08-03-03 U.N. Votes to Send Peacekeepers to Liberia (FoxNews.com)
   "The U.N. Security Council (search) voted late Friday to authorize a multinational force to help end fighting in war-battered Liberia and maintain security after President Charles Taylor (search) steps down." 8-03

6. 08-11-03 Liberian Ex-President Charles Taylor Profile (BBC - Doyle)
   "When, as president in 1999, he faced accusations from the United Nations that he was a gun runner and a diamond smuggler, he addressed a mass prayer meeting clothed from head to foot in angelic white." 8-03

7. 08-11-03 Liberian President Moses Blah Profile (BBC)
   "This is a very simple man." "When Liberian President Charles Taylor lost his Vice President Enoch Dogolea in June 2000, and the public were speculating about who could possibly replace him many people - including myself - did not think of Moses Blah." 8-03

8. 08-11-03 Liberia's Historical U.S. Ties (BBC - Westcott)
   "The United States is coming under increasing international pressure to intervene in the fierce fighting in Liberia. The US has long historical and cultural ties with the West African nation but, over the years, it has become increasingly disengaged from it." 8-03

9. Liberia Timeline (BBC News)
   Provides a history of LIberia from 1847 through 2003. 8-03

10. Liberia Profile (BBC News)
    Provides a history of LIberia, including a section on its leaders, and other key facts. 8-03

11. 08-24-03 U.S. Marines Leave Liberia (CNN News)
    "A force of 150 U.S. Marines has left Liberia and returned to ships sailing near the coast, where they will remain for the immediate future, U.S. military officials told CNN Sunday."
    
    "The departure of the Quick Reaction Force leaves the peacekeeping mission there in the hands of 1,500 Nigerian troops."
    
    "The Nigerians are the vanguard of a West African force that is expected to maintain the peace and control the distribution of humanitarian aid throughout the war-torn country, the officials said." 8-03

12. Rulers by Country - J-O (Schulz)
    Provides a list of leaders by country and date. Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kasakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea (Democratic People´s Republic), Korea (Republic), Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maledives, Mali, Malta, Marshal Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, and Oman. leaders, rulers, Presidents, and Prime Ministers 9-00

13. -01-16-06 First Female African President Speaks (AllAfrica.com)
    "Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a veteran development official and politician who scored an unexpected victory in Liberia's presidential run-off last month, is currently on a brief private visit to the United States. Planned as a low-key affair, her trip has become a whirlwind of events and appointments, as interest in her status as Africa's first woman president has ballooned." 01-06

14. Sirleaf, Ellen Johnson (AfricanHistory.About.com)
    "Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, divorced mother of four boys and grandmother to six children is Liberia's first elected female president, as well as the first elected female leader on the continent." Her nickname is "Iron Lady." 01-06

15. Africa - West African News (AllAfrica.com)
    Provides news directly from each country in Eastern Africa, including Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea, Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.

16. Africa - Travel Information by Location (Excite.Travel.com)
    Provides information on dining, where to stay, and interesting things to see. Search by city, state, or country. Includes Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros and Mayotte, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Reunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. 3-02

17. Taylor, Charles: A Profile (CNN)
    "Taylor, who has been accused by human rights groups of masterminding conflicts across the region, was indicted in June by a U.N.-backed war crimes court in neighboring Sierra Leone on charges he armed and trained rebels in exchange for diamonds during the country's 10 years of civil war in which an estimated 50,000 people died." 7-03

18. Guinea, the Republic of (Infoplease.com)
    "Guinea, in West Africa on the Atlantic, is also bordered by Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Slightly smaller than Oregon, the country consists of a coastal plain, a mountainous region, a savanna interior, and a forest area in the Guinea Highlands. The highest peak is Mount Nimba at 5,748 ft (1,752 m)." 03-09