The World : Liberia Rejects Duvalier

Liberia rejected a French request to grant asylum to former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier. Liberia had been the only country to indicate publicly that it might accept Duvalier and his family, who have been living in a French resort hotel since fleeing the Caribbean nation Feb. 7. Liberia had said it would consider an asylum request if it came from Duvalier, but he said he doesn’t want to live there, preferring France or the United States. Neither country wants him, and they have been trying to find a country willing to accept him.