News from Liberia, Africa

President-elect Ellen Johnson Sirleaf learned yesterday that her oponant for president, George Weah, has dropped his challenge, giving way for the innauguration to go smoothly.

It took all of 4 minutes for the UN Security Council to unanimously vote to keep the ban on the sale of arms, diamonds, and timber for six months to a year, because of the unstability in the transfer of power after such a long time of war lead by Charles Taylor.