Looting of Monrovia Port Raises U S Help Hope
In Monrovia crowds loot the port as rebels pledge withdrawal. If peacekeepers arrive, up to 200 US troops could join West African forces to secure the harbor and expedite aid deliveries amid ongoing fighting near the capital and Taylor’s exile.
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Liberia
U.S
Charles Taylor
U.N
Nigeria
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Bus bombing and fighting rock Afghanistan death toll rises
In Kandahar and surrounding provinces an explosion on a bus killed 15 civilians including 6 children and heavy fighting between government troops and Taliban remnants left 58 dead on one of Afghanistan’s fiercest days since the fall of the Taliban. Authorities blamed al Qaida and Taliban loyalists amid investigations.
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Khost
Uruzgan
Hamid Karzai
al-Qaida
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Nadh Ali
Helmand
Lashkargah
Ghulam Mahauddin
Associated Press
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Shinki
Pakistan Frontier
Ghafar Khan
U S troops fire on Baghdad crowd killing civilian in Sadr City
U S soldiers opened fire in a Baghdad slum killing one civilian and wounding four after a rocket propelled grenade was fired at them. Later, a roadside bomb killed a soldier near Tikrit and another wounded near Taji.
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Sadr
Danny Martin
Associated Press
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Saddam City
Hassan Azab
Tikrit
Saddam Hussein
Josslyn Aberle
4Th Infantry Division
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