World IN BRIEF : LIBERIA : Fighting Breaks Out Near Radio Station

Battles raged around a radio station in Monrovia’s suburbs while rebel fighters attacked government army positions in the Liberian capital. Automatic machine-gun fire clattered for several hours around the government radio station about six miles from central Monrovia. The radio station has not broadcast for several weeks, although government troops were reported still holding out there. In Monrovia, two rival groups of rebels were pushing toward the heavily defended seafront mansion of President Samuel K. Doe, who has vowed to fight to the finish.