Liberia Calls For an End to Diamond Sanctions

Liberia Calls For an End to Diamond Sanctions - 7/1/2006 President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia says her country does not deserve continued United Nations-imposed diamond sanctions.
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