61.   United Nations military observers in Kakata reached by phone from Monrovia, the Liberian capital, said the situation in the northern town was still tense.

62.   U.N. spokesman Francis Kpatinde said the Ivorian authorities fear some of the refugees were among the fighters who have destroyed the Liberian capital in a month of violence.

63.   U.N. spokesman Francis Kpatinde said the Ivorian authorities fear that fighters who helped destroy the Liberian capital in a month of violence were hiding among the refugees.

64.   U.S. Air Force Maj. Bryan Holt said Thursday the military had increased its presence in the Liberian capital and would resume the evacuations Thursday night.

65.   West African troops staged military exercises near the Liberian capital, Monrovia, on Saturday in anticipation of further fighting in neighboring Sierra Leone.

66.   Fighters loyal to warlord Charles Taylor have been infiltrating outlying areas of the Liberian capital, the African multinational peacekeeping force ECOMOG has claimed.

67.   Gbarnga lies on a main highway inland from the Liberian capital Monrovia towards the border with Ivory Coast.

68.   Heavy fighting reportedly continued in Monrovia, the Liberian capital, despite a ceasefire agreed by rival armed factions a day earlier.

69.   Heavy gunfire on Wednesday rocked various parts of the Liberian capital Monrovia leaving two confirmed dead, according to an AFP correspondent at the scene.

70.   Heavy fighting reportedly continued in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, despite a ceasefire agreed by rival armed factions a day earlier.