11.   Civilians are being killed, hospitals destroyed, villages burned, and food, cars and medicine looted, said a statement in Monrovia, the Liberian capital.

12.   Civilian anger at the impasse has sparked riots in Monrovia, the Liberian capital.

13.   Civilian anger at the impasse sparked riots in Monrovia, the Liberian capital.

14.   ECOMOG is the West African peacekeeping force, which has done little to contain the month of brutal violence among rival factions that have destroyed the Liberian capital.

15.   ECOMOG is the West African peackeeping force, which has done little to contain the month of brutal violence among rival factions that have destroyed the Liberian capital.

16.   ECOMOG is the West African peackeeping force, which has done little to contain the six weeks of brutal violence among rival factions that have destroyed the Liberian capital.

17.   Fighting has broken out near the Liberian capital after a two-week lull that Monrovians had hoped signaled an end to two months of bloodshed.

18.   Fighting breaks out near the Liberian capital.

19.   Fighting broke out Thursday near the Liberian capital after a two-week lull that Monrovians had hoped signaled an end to two months of bloodshed.

20.   He did not elaborate on how the U.S. military increased its presence in the troubled Liberian capital.