Help Is Sought to End Insurgency
From Times Wire Reports
Liberian President Charles Taylor protested a “conspiracy of silence” by the international community, calling for world leaders to help end a 2-year-old insurrection.
Government officials say the country’s rebels have been chased more than 60 miles north of Monrovia, the capital, since clashes a week ago in the town of Klay Junction.
Thousands have fled Monrovia, which was destroyed in a 1989-96 civil war, and surrounding towns.
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