News Topic - Liberia

U.N. to cut number of peacekeepers in Liberia
The Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to reduce the number of U.N. peacekeeping troops in Liberia but increase the ...
USA Today  –  Sep 29, 2008 9:56 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Security Council extends UN presence in Liberia for another year
The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) through September 2009, and authorized Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to proceed with the planned reduction of the operation's personnel.
UN News Centre  –  Sep 29, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Liberia's President On U.S. Financial Crisis, '08 Elections
Leaders from around the world are in New York for the annual United Nations General Assembly. Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf talks about the financial crisis in the U.S., South Africa's new president and her work to stop poverty and corruption in Liberia.
NPR.org  –  Sep 25, 2008 4:00 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Liberia dispute goes to Fifa
The different factions within Liberian football have been summoned by football's world governing body.
BBC News  –  Sep 25, 2008 3:00 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Miami judge won't close court in 'Chuckie' Taylor's Liberia torture trial
A Miami federal judge Wednesday rejected the government's bid to bar the public from court during part of the testimony of an alleged victim in a landmark torture trial.
MiamiHerald.com  –  Sep 25, 2008 07:01 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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First Female President of Liberia Receives International Women's Leadership Award
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PR Newswire  –  Sep 24, 2008 7:07 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Italy Sends Soldiers to Naples to Fight Organized Crime
Decision follows shooting last Thursday of six immigrants from Ghana, Togo and Liberia in what authorities describe as a hit by Camorra organized crime syndicate
Voice of America  –  Sep 23, 2008 3:47 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Saving Liberia's Children
HARRISONBURG - Nearly two decades later, Sam Kargbo still sees the barrels of dead babies. For two years during Liberia's segmented civil war, Kargbo and his wife, Isabell, lived in a "displacement center" for a fraction of the war's uprooted masses.
Daily News Record  –  Sep 23, 2008 06:54 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Sierra Leonean refugees in Liberia move to new homes after UN-funded repairs
Sixteen refugee families living in Liberia now have a place to call home thanks to the efforts of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) which funded the rehabilitation of 32 houses for Sierra Leoneans who cannot go back to their homeland or are unwilling to repatriate.
UN News Centre  –  Sep 23, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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UN blue helmets help spur recent Liberian progress, General Assembly hears
The presence of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Liberia has been critical to the West African country's progress in revitalizing its economy, rebuilding basic infrastructure, tackling corruption and consolidating peace and security after years of civil war, President Ellen Johnson-Si ... more »
UN News Centre  –  Sep 23, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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