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- FROM THE ROSE GARDEN: SECURITY COUNCIL; US Offers Resolution to…
- Washington is hesitant about sending American troops to Liberia,…
- Country Records Zero Incidence of Exams Cheating.
- Bush Rejects Criticism Of Exaggerations on War
FROM THE ROSE GARDEN: SECURITY COUNCIL; US Offers Resolution to…
New York Times – Jul 31, 2003
Several Council diplomats said it was unrealistic to expect the United Nations force to be ready before late fall. The draft resolution also allows the current United Nations peacekeeping force in nearby Sierra Leone to use its equipment to airlift to Monrovia the first battalion of Nigerian troops. The Sierra Leone mission is also authorized to support the multinational force in Liberia “for a limited period. ”
The plan, United States and United Nations officials have said, is for Mr. Taylor to depart upon the arrival of Nigerian troops. Secretary of State Colin. L Powell said today, “While waiting for the forces to arrive, we are also pressing hard for a cease-fire.
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Washington is hesitant about sending American troops to Liberia,…
Al-Ahram Weekly – Jul 31, 2003
Famine and disease are ubiquitous, with basic services such as electricity, clean water and a minimal level of security virtually non-existent. But the Liberian conflict is hardly only an internal ethnic struggle. Liberia’s war is part of a larger story within the region that brings together Sierra Leone, Guinea and the Ivory Coast in a contest over diamonds, timber and other resources. In this part of the world internal conflicts within states tend to spill over. Guinea and Liberia have accused each other of supporting armed anti-government rebels, while the Sierra Leonean government has accused Liberia of providing support to the Sierra Leonean rebel faction the Revolutionary United Front (RUF). LURD, in the meantime, is reportedly receiving support from the government of the Ivory Coast. For his part, Taylor is an infamous war criminal.
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Country Records Zero Incidence of Exams Cheating. (31-JUL-03) Asia Africa Intelligence Wire.
Bush Rejects Criticism Of Exaggerations on War
New York Times – Jul 31, 2003
The proposal is likely to generate momentum for an intervention that has been stalled. A13 Afghan Cleric and Soldiers Die Gunmen suspected of being Taliban supporters killed a senior cleric and two soldiers at a remote roadblock in separate attacks, in calculated killings aimed against government supporters, Afghan officials said. A10 African Ex-Warlord Dies Foday Sankoh, the warlord from Sierra Leone who made mutilations his signature weapon of war, died of natural causes in the custody of a United Nations-backed war crimes tribunal, officials of the court announced. A6 NATIONAL A18-23 Bush Urges Tolerance But Rejects Gay Marriage President Bush said that, while he believed Americans should treat homosexuals in a welcoming and respectful manner, he remained firmly opposed to gay marriages and said that administration lawyers were working to ensure that the term ”marriage” would cover only unions between men and women. A1 O’Malley Installed as Bishop Sean P. O’Malley, a Capuchin friar, was installed as the new archbishop of Boston, putting him in charge of efforts to restore a church rocked in the last year and a half by a sexual abuse scandal.