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Date for arms destruction set

[Central African Republic (CAR)] Bruno Geddo, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) delegate to the Central African Republic. [Date picture taken: 10/11/2005] Joseph Benamse/IRIN
Bruno Geddo, the UNHCR representative in the Central African Republic.
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    Liberian President Charles Taylor has announced that arms collected from former warring factions will be destroyed on 26 July, independent Star radio reported on Tuesday. It said Taylor expected Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, as well as representatives from the ECOWAS, UN and the OAU to witness the destruction.

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