Saturday, February 24, 2007

News from Liberia: CNN

This news is from CNN. Read it with a grain of salt.

Disgruntled Guineans struggle for change.
02/20/07 10:19 AM, EST

Farmer Mohamed Conte tried to ignore his West African country's turbulent politics until a week ago, when soldiers riding with a passing presidential convoy shot him in the leg as anti-government protests raged across the capital.

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Guinea lawmakers reject president's martial law request.
02/23/07 12:11 PM, EST

Guinea's Parliament on Friday refused a request from President Lansana Conte to extend martial law in a rare act of defiance against his autocratic rule over the West African country.

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