Liberia's Government Accuses Rebels of Breaking Cease-Fire

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MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Liberia's government accused two rebel groups Sunday of breaking the country's fragile cease-fire with attacks against four towns that killed at least 15 people.

Defense Minister Daniel Chea said the government would report the alleged violations to regional officials mediating talks between the warring sides in neighboring Ghana. He insisted the government remained committed to the truce.

The northern towns of Kwendin and Gulu were attacked Saturday. Chea did not give casualty figures for Gulu but said 15 people, including several civilians, were killed in the fighting in Kwendin, which he blamed on the rebel Movement for Democracy.

Benjamin Yeaten, a senior government military official, reported two other attacks by the Movement for Democracy against the port city of Greenville and the town of Belewalay, both in the south.

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