Leader of Interim Government Sworn In
From Times Wire Reports
Businessman Gyude Bryant took office as Liberia’s interim leader under red, white and blue bunting in the looted Capitol rotunda in Monrovia, inheriting a nation in ruins after years of civil war and rebellion.
Bryant was sworn in as government chairman two months after warlord President Charles Taylor was ushered into exile under international pressure as rebels surrounded the capital. Bryant is to guide the country into elections planned for 2005.
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