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Lissouba indicted on treason charges

[Liberia] Vigiliantes patrol dirt tracks in a suburb of Monrovia. They say they have to be the first line of defence against a high crime rate because the police can't get the job done. [Date picture taken: 10/16/2005] Claire Soares/IRIN
Violent crime is a problem in Monrovia, where vigilante groups protect neighbourhoods
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    Meanwhile, the country's transitional parliament has indicted ousted president Pascal Lissouba on charges of high treason, Reuters reported. The two charges relate to a 1993 shooting of opposition militants and a deal reached the same year on cut-price oil sales to the US Occidental Petroleum Corporation, the agency said. Lissouba now lives in exile.

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