Businessman takes control as Liberia's peacetime leader

Wednesday, October 15, 2003

MONROVIA, Liberia -- Businessman Gyude Bryant took office as Liberia's interim leader Tuesday under red, white and blue bunting in the looted Capitol rotunda, inheriting a nation in ruins after years of civil war and rebellion.

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