Warring Factions Name Interim Leader
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Delegates from Liberia’s warring factions said at peace talks in Accra, Ghana, that they had picked Gyude Bryant to lead the a two-year transition government. Bryant is a businessman in Monrovia, Liberia’s capital, and is widely seen as the most politically neutral of three final candidates.
He is to take over in October from President Moses Blah, who has been acting as leader since Charles Taylor went into exile in Nigeria last week under heavy international pressure. Political parties, rebel groups and the departing
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