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President reinstates suspended defense minister

    NAIROBI

    Liberian President Charles Taylor has reinstated his defence minister, Daniel Chea, after suspending him last week for “insubordination”, news reports said on Friday.

    Chea, a long-time ally of Taylor’s, had been placed under house arrest and guarded by forces from the Anti-Terrorist Unit, which is under the command of the presidency. Officials had said his suspension was linked to an administrative matter.

    “The lifting of Chea’s suspension comes in the wake of a sincere apology, coupled with numerous appeals by prominent Liberians,” said a statement on Friday by the Information Ministry.

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