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8 hrs ago | US News & World Report

President Ellen Sirleaf and Liberia's Comeback

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, left, meet with Chief of Police Marc Armblah at the police academy in Monrovia, Liberia Thursday, Aug.

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Related Topix: Liberia, World News, Africa, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, Prison, Tribal, Opinion

Sat May 18, 2013

United Nations

Consensus forming on a golden thread of development,a says co-chair of UN panel on post-2015 agenda

Addressing journalists at the UN Headquarters in New York, Mr. Cameron said that members of the High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, which includes President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia and President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, "nailed our colours to the mast with one clear overarching aim - end extreme poverty in ... (more)

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Related Topix: New York, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Southeast Asia, World News, Indonesia, Liberia, Africa

Fri May 17, 2013

AllAfrica.com

Liberia: House Invites PUL, Warrick

The House of Representatives has invited the leadership of the Press Union of Liberia and the Director of the Executive Protection Service Othello Warrick over 'terror threat' against the Liberian Media.

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Related Topix: Liberia, Africa, World News

The Miami Herald

Ex-warlord Johnson in Liberia quits his own party

Prince Johnson, a former warlord-turned-politician who is best known for having videotaped himself overseeing the torture of Liberia's ex-president, announced Friday he is quitting the political party he founded.

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Related Topix: Liberia, World News, Africa, The National, Entertainment, Television

Thu May 16, 2013

WebWire

Consensus forming on 'golden thread of development,' says...

A United Nations high-level panel on a post-2015 global development agenda wrapped up today with consensus emerging on how to make a more equitable world, said British Prime Minister David Cameron in his role as co-chair of the body.

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Related Topix: New York, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Southeast Asia, World News, Indonesia, Liberia, Africa

Wed May 15, 2013

Booker Rising

Is Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Setting A Bad Nepotism Precedent?

President Sirleaf's Unity Party is part of the Democrat Union of Africa and she's a Nobel Prize winner.

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Related Topix: Liberia, Africa, World News

Tue May 14, 2013

The Guardian

David Cameron fights UN plan to commit to reduced income inequality

David Cameron and Prince Harry aboard a new Routemaster bus in the Meatpacking District of New York.

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Related Topix: Meatpacking District (New York, NY), World News, Prince Harry, Liberia, Africa, Conservatives (UK)

Mon May 13, 2013

Ghanamma.com

Togo leader slams rich countries over aid cuts

The president of Togo, one of the world's poorest countries, on Monday slammed rich nations who have cut development aid saying it contributes to the spread of terrorism.

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Related Topix: World News, Togo, Africa, Faure Gnassingbe, Terrorism, Liberia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

AllAfrica.com

Liberia: Liberian Government Calls On Press Union to Recant Decision On News Blackout

The Ministry of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism has called on the leadership of the Press Union of Liberia to reconsider and reverse its "news blackout" decision on the government.

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Related Topix: Liberia, Africa, World News

Fri May 10, 2013

AllAfrica.com

Liberia: Liberian Entrepreneur Trust Launched

The launch has officially taken place in Monrovia of Launch of Liberian Entrepreneur Trust last night at the Krystal Ocean View Hotel.

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Related Topix: Liberia, Africa, World News

AllAfrica.com

Liberia: GOL Signs Gbarnga-Ganta-Guinea Border Road Contract

The Government of Liberia through the Minister of Public Works Attorney Samuel Kofi Woods says government will ensure that the Gbarnga-Ganta-Guinea Border Road meets international standard.

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Related Topix: Liberia, Africa, World News

AllAfrica.com

Liberia: President Sirleaf Dismisses BWI Principal Jackollie,...

Based upon reports of financial malpractice, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has today dismissed Mr.

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Related Topix: Liberia, Africa, World News

AllAfrica.com

Liberia: PUL Cites Journalists to Mass Meeting Over EPS' Boss Threat Against Journalists

The Press Union of Liberia is citing journalists to a mass meeting on Thursday, May 9 to discuss President Ellen Johnson- Sirleaf's security chief's life threatening and anti speech statement directed towards journalists on World Press Freedom Day.

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Related Topix: Liberia, World News, Africa, Fashion, Designers, BOSS

Thu May 09, 2013

PR-inside.com

Thomson Reuters Hosts Newsmaker with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

President Sirleaf to discuss Liberia's continuing journey from poverty to prosperity Washington, D.C., May 9, 2013 - At a Thomson Reuters Newsmaker to be held on Friday, May 17, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first female head of state for an African nation and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, will discuss her administration's development goals ... (more)

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Related Topix: Reuters, Media, Medicine, Triad Hospitals, Computers, IT Services, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Thomson, Liberia, World News, Africa, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Wed May 08, 2013

The Guardian

Liberia natural resources deals not compliant with law, find auditors

Report says only two out of 68 contracts awarded by Liberian government since 2009 in sectors such as oil are compliant The Liberian government of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf admits the report had found flaws in its process, but denied they amounted to a violation of the law.

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Related Topix: Liberia, World News, Africa, Agriculture, Science, Chevron Corporation, Energy, Oil & Gas

Tue May 07, 2013

AllAfrica.com

Liberia: President Sirleaf Calls for Corrective Measures in Passport...

Upon hearing of a breakdown in the system of issuing passports, with long lines and people once again paying others for processing their passports, an angry President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Monday visited the Passport Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to see the situation first-hand. According to an Executive Mansion release, President ... (more)

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Related Topix: Liberia, Africa, World News

AllAfrica.com

Liberia: More Substitution in Government

President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has made several new nominations in government, including Mr.

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Related Topix: Liberia, World News, Africa

Mon May 06, 2013

AllAfrica.com

Liberia: President's Security Chief Threatens to Go After Journalists

On the day journalists thronged the port city of Buchanan for the occasion marking the celebration of World Press Freedom Day, an official of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's elite security unit pulled the sword at them, threatening a very serious battle should they engage in "wrong reportage." Othello Warrick, Director of the metamorphosed ... (more)

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Related Topix: Liberia, Africa, World News

AllAfrica.com

Liberia: Liberia Intervenes to Resolve Land, Rights Disputes With Agriculture Concessionaires

Following successful consultations by the concerned Ministries and entities of government, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf convened, on April 4, a meeting with concessionaires operating in Liberia.

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AllAfrica.com

Liberia: Overhaul Educational System - Pres. Sirleaf

President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has provided more justifications for her recent criticism of the educational system in Liberia, which she described as "complete mess", that requires a total overhaul.

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Related Topix: Liberia, Africa, World News