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US Marines leave Liberia
Washington, Aug 25: One hundred fifty US Marines have left Liberia to return to ships stationed off the West African coast, media reports said.
The reinforcements brought to 1,500 the number of regional
peacekeeping troops. Another 1,700 regional troops from the economic
community of West African states were expected to arrive in the
coming weeks.
Also yesterday, there were reports on Liberian state radio of a
number of killings in the hinterlands, in the Bahn region, but there
was no official confirmation and it was not clear when the alleged
incident took place.
Liberia is currently governed by a transitional government
following a hard-won peace accord between the former government of
exiled President Charles Taylor and two rebel groups.
Taylor two weeks ago stepped down from office to enable the peace
agreement to take place.
Bureau Report