11.   Liberia accuses the Guinean army of backing Liberian rebels fighting government forces in northern Liberia.

12.   Liberian rebel leader Charles Taylor was in Nigeria on Friday.

13.   Liberian rebels battle government troops to defend captured town,

14.   Liberia has in turn accused Guinea of supporting a Liberian rebel group that has fought skirmishes with army soldiers in northern Liberia in recent months.

15.   Liberia says Guinea-based Liberian rebels started attacking northern border towns on Wednesday and Thursday.

16.   Liberian rebel leader Charles Taylor shut the border in an effort to cut off rival rebels.

17.   Talks opened without a main Liberian rebel group, however.

18.   Taylor has accused the Guinean government of failing to crack down on Liberian rebels that he says use its territory.

19.   The Ivory Coast military is clearing out the Liberian rebels holed up in villages in the area, Redmond said.

20.   The Ivorian military is clearing out the Liberian rebels holed up in villages in the area, Redmond said.