U.N.-Sponsored Disarmament Begins
From Times Wire Reports
Thrusting AK-47s in the air one last time, Liberian fighters began surrendering weapons to United Nations peacekeepers, a major step toward ending 14 years of war.
The U.N.-supervised campaign to disarm 40,000 rebel and government fighters nationwide began in the capital, Monrovia.
The disarmament comes after an August peace deal and the exile of President Charles Taylor.
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