Liberia: 'Taylor Will Fight to the Last Man'

Johannesburg — MONROVIA President Charles Taylor vowed to fight to the last man yesterday as rebels pushed into Liberia's war-torn capital, dashing hope that a quick deployment of international peacekeepers could avert more bloodshed.

Speaking on the balcony of his executive mansion overlooking the sea, he repeated his pledge to step down and accept asylum in Nigeria, but only after international peacekeepers arrived in sufficient numbers.

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