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AllAfrica News: Liberia
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Senator Innis Must Not Elude Justice
It has been nearly a week now since it was learnt that the Magisterial Court had prepared a writ to be served on Grand Bassa County Senator Nathaniel Innis to answer to charges of "Aggravated Assault."
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WHO Boss Wants Emphasis On Maternal Health
Outgoing World Health Organization (WHO) Country Representative Dr. Eugene Nyarko has called on the Liberian government to place more emphasis on maternal health.
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Bids Open for New Petroleum Blocks
The Liberian government says the probability of discovering oil off its shores is a 50-70 chance, adding that there are good prospects ahead.
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Fleeing Senator Begs for Intervention
Grand Bassa County Senator Nathaniel Innis reportedly eluding prosecution at the Monrovia Magisterial Court for allegedly assaulting a lady has appealed to his colleagues to intervene in order to thwart his arrest and subsequent prosecution.
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Company Wants More Trade With Liberia
NIGERIANS exporters last week made history in Lagos as stakeholders in the manufacturing and export industry came together at the first batch of shipment of Nigerian goods to Liberia and 125 different types of products were packaged in a 20-foot container laden and destination? Liberia.
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Former NIC Chairman Accused of Forging Government Document
The Ministry of Justice announces that it was constrained to secure from the Monrovia City Court a warrant of arrest for Mr. Roosevelt Quiah for the commission of the crime of forgery committed by him while he was on the soil of the Republic of Liberia. The Ministry says that its action grows out of the fact that Mr. Roosevelt Quiah, purporting to be acting by a corporation formed and operating under the laws of the Republic of Liberia, under the name and style of Liberia Iron Ore Company (Bong Mines), forged the signature of the Minister of Lands, Mines, and Energy, and the seal of the Ministry of Lands, Mines, and Energy, by which, under a purported Mineral Development Agreement and other documents, the Ministry of Lands, Mines, and Energy was stated to have granted a Class A Mining license and concession for twenty-five (25) years to the Liberia Iron Ore Company to prospect, explore and conduct iron ore mining activities in the Bong Mines and Wologisi areas. These representations were false and fraudulent as the documents were forged.
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Man, 22, Charged for Raping Eight-Yr-Old Child
A twenty-two-year-old man identified as Prince Borkay of Camp Johnson Road has allegedly raped an eight-year old child.
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'Secret Killings' Scare Lawmaker
Grand Bassa County Representative Byron Brown has expressed fear for the wave of killings and armed robberies in the country.
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21 AFL Soldiers Complete MP Training
In an effort to build a professional army, 21 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) yesterday graduated from a ten-month military police (MP) training at the Edward Beyan Kesselly (EBK) Barracks outside Monrovia.
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Engage in Private Initiatives - Vice President Urges
As global prices continue to increase, Vice President Joseph N. Boakai is encouraging Liberians to engage in private initiatives for the good of the country.
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FDA Reacts to Publication
The Forestry Development Authority (FDA) says its attention has been drawn to the July 3, 2008 front-page publication of The News Newspaper, captioned: "FINANCE WARNS FDA AGAINST INDEBTED LOGGING COMPANIES.
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Denounce Mugabe Or Lose Credibility
Recalling her own background of persistent political struggles with fiendish dictatorships, the Liberian leader, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has voiced her disdain over the apparent indifference of many of her male African leaders to outrightly denounce Zimbabwean tyrant Robert Mugabe.
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Unmil Force Commander Gets Top UN Post
The outgoing Force Commander of the United Nations MIssion in Liberia (UNMIL), Lt./Gen. Chikadibia Isaac Obiakor has been appointed Military Adviser for Peacekeeping Operations at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
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Great Deal Already Done - Arcelormittal CEO Says
Undoubtedly rated as the first top-notch investment conglomerate ever captured by the new administration to boost its economic recovery programme, ArcelorMittal Steel is brandishing its credentials of achievements since concluding its marathon concession agreement with the government barely a year ago.
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Quiah Accused of Links With Delta Mining Deal
Roosevelt Quiah, former Chairman of the National Investment Commission of Liberia is reportedly in Police custody in Monrovia for allegedly forging the signature of Lands, Mines and Energy Minister Dr. Eugene Shannon.
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Sirleaf Urges AU to Reject Zimbabwe Election
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has called on the African Union to pronounce the June 27th elections in Zimbabwe as not credible and declare the results unacceptable, if the Union is to maintain its credibility.
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CBL Licensed New Bank
The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) yesterday, July 2, 2008, granted what it terms as provisional license to a new banking institution called the AccessBank Liberia Limited.
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Ulimo Blocked RUF, NPFL Routes
Yesterday, the trial of former president Charles Taylor resumed following days of break with chief prosecution witness co-named TF1-567 currently on the stand alleging that the accused had ordered former RUF head Foday Sankoh to send more men to areas then seized by forces of the United Liberation Movement (ULIMO), to help open the blocked routes.
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TWP - Teahjay's Comments Divisive, Inciting
The True Whig party says it is alarmed by comments attributed to Mr. Milton Teahjay during programs marking the 3rd anniversary of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC).
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Johnson Sirleaf Asks AU to Denounce Zimbabwe's Elections
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has called on the African Union to denounce the June 27th elections in Zimbabwe and declare the results unacceptable, if the Union is to maintain its credibility.
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