1.   A West African intervention army captured the former rebel stronghold of Koidu in the diamond-rich eastern Kono district, a government spokesman said.

2.   On Monday, dozens of roadblocks manned by soldiers from Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone and other nations in the intervention army were set up across the city.

3.   Soldiers in an eight-nation African intervention army said the attack began late Monday.

4.   Soldiers in the eight-nation African intervention army said they did not know who attacked.

5.   U.N. and African mediators are also concerned about the costs of keeping an eight-nation intervention army in Liberia.