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Government troops in "complete control" of Lofa County

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    Liberian Government troops are fully in "complete control" of Lofa County in north-west Liberia following weeks of fighting with armed dissident insurgents, Defence Minister Daniel Chea said on Thursday. "The security situation is well improved," he said in Monrovia, news agencies reported. President Charles Taylor said last week that several hundred people had been killed in the fighting including women, children and the elderly. Early this month Taylor accused Guinea of allowing dissidents to attack Liberia. Guinea denied its involvement.

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