31.   France was one of the first foreign governments to recognize the results of July elections that swept former warlord Charles Taylor into the presidency.

32.   Former warlord Charles Taylor won the vote, which was peaceful and praised as free and fair by international observers.

33.   Gunfire rattled through downtown Monrovia on Saturday, after government troops reportedly surrounded the home of former warlord Roosevelt Johnson and called for the arrest of armed dissidents.

34.   He has repeatedly accused another former warlord and rival, Alhaji Kromah, of training fighters in Guinea.

35.   His fellow former warlords, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt and Christian militia leader Elie Hobeika, were left out of the new Cabinet.

36.   Hekmatyar, a former warlord who once served as an Afghan prime minister, claims the interim government amounts to U.S.-directed rule.

37.   If any of the other candidates, who include two former warlords who battled Taylor, had rallies, they went unnoticed.

38.   Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres Thursday denied allegations that his government was involved in the assassination of a former Lebanese Christian warlord.

39.   Liberian forces earlier this month opened fire on former warlord Roosevelt Johnson as he was tried to take refuge in the American embassy.

40.   Liberian lawmakers ordered pro-government groups to abandon plans Wednesday to protest in front of the U.S. Embassy, where a former warlord has taken refuge since weekend gun battles.