Liberia Sets Voter Registration for 2011 Presidential Election Voice of America Photo: AP Liberia is scheduling voter registration ahead of next year's presidential election. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is running for re-election …

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Highjack a plane? Not too uncommon during the Seventies and the Eighties and the waning years leading up to the turn of the Century!” Fly it to Cuba? That was the fad (the thing to do) back then. But ply it into the World Trade Center? Now, that was unthinkable!

Just about a week from today, the unthinkable did happen as we panned the skies over Manhattan from across the Verazanno Bridge on September 11, 200: the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were successfully attacked! The U.S. took the worst hit on American soil ever, nursed its wounds and buried its dead.

After some time, life would returned to normal we would return to what at that point seemed the duty of living; but an umbrella of invulnerability no longer canopied the American skies; in its place, a threat of follow-up attacks loomed—the apprehension of it forever embedded in the American psyche.

It seems no more than yesterday that those numbing images burned themselves into our memories: a plane slowly approached one of Gotham’s twin towers while the world held its breath . . . waiting . . . hoping . . . many praying that it would turn out to be a movie-shoot.

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Liberian Official Insists the Government Takes Care of Its Former Presidents Voice of America The Liberian government has said it has not failed to take care of the needs of its most recent former presidents. This comes as one of the former chairmen …

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Late Liberian General's Widom Reconciles with President Sirleaf Voice of America The widow of the late Brigadier General Thomas Quiwonkpa of Liberia has met with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in an effort to reconcile their differences … and more »

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Women's Equality Day 2010 Voice of America The election of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as Liberia's first femal President is an example of the progress being made in women's equality throughout the world. … and more »

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US Judge Sets February Trial for International Drug Smuggling Case Voice of America They were arrested in Liberia in late May and were brought to New York to face the drug trafficking charges. When the charges against the men were announced … US drug trafficking trial of Russian pilot set for FebruaryRIA Novosti US court to start hearing case of suspected Russian cocaine-smuggling pilotRIA Novosti Pre-trial hearings in Russian pilot'sThe Voice of Russia all 5 news articles »

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Lawmaker Seeks to Enfranchise Diaspora Liberians for 2011 Vote Voice of America A member of the Liberian House of Representatives has introduced a bill for natural born Liberians living as permanent residents in other countries to be …

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Peace Corps Volunteers Return to Liberia Voice of America Peace Corps volunteers on two-year assignments have returned to Liberia, 20 years after the last volunteers were withdrawn from the country due to war. …

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Activists Call for US Televangelist to Testify at Taylor Trial Voice of America The founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network has been mentioned at the West African war-crimes trial and had mining interests in Liberia when Mr. … and more »

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Hague Testimonies Contradict Campbell's Claim in Liberia War Crimes Trial Voice of America Photo: AP American Actress Mia Farrow has testified at the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor. She told the court at The Hague … Highlights – Naomi Campbell diamond testimony put to the testReuters Campbell diamond claims 'refuted'The Press Association Naomi Campbell Blood Diamonds Liberian ex-Dictator by Suzannah B. TroyZennie62 (blog) Aljazeera.net -The Associated Press -New York Post all 1,748 news articles »

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