Liberia: August 2, 2003

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President Charles Taylor says he will step down and depart for exile in Nigeria on noon, August 11. ECOWAS has insisted that Taylor leave within three days of the ECOWAS peacekeeping troops arriving. The first peacekeepers are expected on August 4th.

Fighting continued in several parts of the capital, but nothing that indicated a major push by either side. 

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