11.   The private talks Wednesday followed a June incident in an Ivorian border town involving Liberian factions.

12.   The recent fighting in Monrovia involved two major Liberian factions.

13.   The team was getting cooperation from the governments of Liberia and Ivory Coast and from the Liberian armed faction the National Patriotic Front, he added.

14.   The talks were abruptly canceled Wednesday after foreign ministers issued a strong warning to Liberian faction leaders to end the bloodshed that has destroyed the Liberian capital.

15.   Thousands of people in Ivory Coast have fled fighting between Liberian warring factions which has spilled over the border, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said Tuesday.

16.   U.S. says it will bar entry to Liberian faction leaders who do not support peace.

17.   He admitted that Ghanaian former soldiers could be fighting in Sierra Leone as mercenaries since Liberian factions had already recruited freelance ex-soldiers from Ghana.

18.   It has periodically warned the Liberian factions that they must stick to the Abuja timetable for peace.

19.   It was there he announced that three Liberian factions would meet to move toward disarmament and elections following a wrenching civil war.

20.   A ceasefire agreed between Liberian warring factions on Friday to end two weeks of fighting in the capital was still holding on Sunday, ECOMOG and UN observers said.