1.   Liberian leaders and foreign diplomats say the war will come to a formal end when the temporary coalition government is seated on Friday.

2.   Earlier this month, the United States told Liberian leaders that Washington would end aid to the country if their peace agreement failed.

3.   With a truce holding overnight and the streets of Monrovia calm Monday morning, Liberian leaders turned their focus to a standoff between rival militias at a military barracks.

4.   With a tenuous truce holding overnight, Liberian leaders on Monday turned their focus to a standoff between rival militias at a military barracks.

5.   After a night of shooting, the Sinkor district of northeast Monrovia, home to Johnson and other Liberian leaders, was sealed off early Saturday by security forces.

6.   But many civilian officials and Liberian religious leaders and political analysts have argued that the country is not yet ready for polls.

7.   Weah accused Taylor of feeling threatened by his international profile, and said he suspected the Liberian leader feared he would one day challenge him as a political rival.

8.   Liberian civilian leaders are also expected to attend.

9.   Over the last six years, Liberian factional leaders have signed and violated more than a dozen peace accords which were aimed at ending years of bloodshed.

10.   The Liberian leader added that he would do everything in his power to have Guinean authorities prevent such an arms transfer.