WORLD IN BRIEF : LIBERIA : Doe Offers to Resign to End Rebellion
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
President Samuel Doe said he is ready to step down or hold early elections under international supervision to help end a northern-based rebellion in which hundreds of Liberians have been killed. Doe made the offer at a rally the day after his forces announced their first victory against rebels: the recapture of the strategic port of Buchanan in southeastern Liberia.
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