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World IN BRIEF : WEST AFRICA : Refugees Back at Sea After Stop in Ghana

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From Times Wire Reports

A freighter with thousands of refugees fleeing war in Liberia was forced back to sea after passengers were fed and given medical care in Ghana, port officials said. Medical workers said they found two bodies from a shooting incident on the freighter, which docked in Ghana after a week at sea with no port willing to admit the refugees. Details of the shooting incident were not clear. Officials said the Nigerian freighter Bulk Challenge was likely to head for the Nigerian port Lagos because there are about 200 Nigerian peacekeepers that had been stationed in Liberia on board.

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