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Businessman Chosen As Liberia's Leader ACCRA, Ghana - Liberia's rebels and government chose a gentle-mannered Monrovia businessman seen as neutral Thursday to lead a transition government that aims to guide the country out of 14 years of civil war.   Nations:Libya   Activities:Liberia Rebeling Crisis   2003-08-21 Power-Sharing Accord Near in Liberia MONROVIA, Liberia - Mediators said they were close to signing a power-sharing accord for Liberia on Monday, cementing progress toward peace after the resignation of President Charles Taylor and the lifting of a 10-week rebel siege of the capital.   Activities:Liberia Rebeling Crisis   2003-08-18 Liberia's Hungry Break Through, Eat MONROVIA, Liberia - Embracing loved ones and gulping down whatever food they could find, tens of thousands of hungry Liberians on Friday broke through the front lines that had divided the capital for 10 weeks of deadly siege. U.S. Marines and West African peacekeepers stood guard as the first aid ship docked.   Activities:Liberia Rebeling Crisis   2003-08-15 Rebels Lift Siege of Starving Monrovia MONROVIA, Liberia - Rebels lifted their siege of Liberia's capital Thursday and 200 American troops landed to support a West African peace force, breaking off a 10-week campaign that routed the president, killed over 1,000 civilians and left hundreds of thousands trapped and starving.   Activities:Liberia Rebeling Crisis   2003-08-14 Pentagon to Send 200 Troops to Liberia WASHINGTON - The Pentagon plans to send 200 more U.S. troops ashore in Liberia to help Nigerian peacekeepers get food and other emergency supplies flowing and to provide a land-based ``quick-reaction force'' in case the peacekeepers get in trouble, officials said Wednesday.   Activities:Liberia Rebeling Crisis   2003-08-13 Headlines Businessman Chosen As Liberia's Leader 2003-08-21 Power-Sharing Accord Near in Liberia 2003-08-18 Liberia's Hungry Break Through, Eat 2003-08-15 Rebels Lift Siege of Starving Monrovia 2003-08-14 Pentagon to Send 200 Troops to Liberia 2003-08-13 U.N. Says Food-Laden Ship Near Liberia 2003-08-13 U.S. May Send More Marines to Liberia 2003-08-12 Relieved Liberians Beg for Food, Supplies 2003-08-12 Leaders Gather for Resignation in Liberia 2003-08-11 Liberia's Rebels Pressed to Let Aid Flow 2003-08-08 Liberia's Taylor Names His Successor 2003-08-07 Troops, Aid Move Toward Liberia Capital 2003-08-05 Liberian Crowds Greet Troops on Arrival 2003-08-04 Liberians Greet W. African Troop Arrival 2003-08-04 Liberia Leader Promises to Step Down 2003-08-02 Africans Call on Taylor to Leave Liberia 2003-08-02 G.O.P. Senator Criticizes Bush on Liberia Case 2003-08-02 U.N. OKs Multinational Force for Liberia 2003-08-01 W. African Troops Pledged to Liberia 2003-07-31 Inspectors Arrive in Embattled Liberia 2003-07-31 Peacekeeper Advance Team Reaches Liberia 2003-07-31 Liberia Fighting Rages As Taylor Hangs On 2003-07-29 Liberian Rebels Capture Key Port City 2003-07-28 Shelling Kills 14 in Liberian Capital 2003-07-27 U.S. Appeals for End to Liberia Siege 2003-07-27 Shelling Kills 3, Injures 55 in Liberia 2003-07-26 Liberian President Welcomes Peacekeepers 2003-07-26 At Least 11 Killed in Liberian Shelling 2003-07-25 West Africa Promises Troops to Liberia 2003-07-24 Battle Rages for Liberia's Capital 2003-07-20 Rebels Press Farther Into Liberia Capital 2003-07-20 New Fighting Erupts Near Liberian Capital 2003-07-18 Bush Pledges Role in Liberia Crisis 2003-07-09 Bush May Send U.S. Troops to Liberia 2003-07-08 Taylor Accepts Nigerian Asylum Offer 2003-07-07 Bush Sends Experts to Assess Liberia 2003-07-05 Artillery, Mortar Sound in Liberia 2002-05-13 Fighting in Liberia Nears Capital 2002-05-12 Most-viewed

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