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Rebel leader Sankoh captured in Sierra Leone city
Rebel chief Foday Sankoh of the Revolutionary United Front is seized near his Freetown home, shot in the leg, stripped by a cheering crowd, and handed to government officials as Sierra Leone awaits potential moves toward peace or renewed violence. U.N. says hundreds of peacekeepers remain in captivity in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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Freetown
Sierra Leone
Foday Sankoh
Revolutionary United Front
Sankoh
U.N
Fred Eckhard
New York
Liberia
Foya
Monrovia
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