LIBERIA: Bryant backs down over rejected LURD nominees

Liberia's transitional leader, Gyude Bryant, has agreed to review some of the nominees for senior government appointments that he rejected last week, the speaker of Parliament, George Dweh, said. This follows a threat by LURD (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) to pull out of Bryant's broad-based government, in protest at Bryant's rejection of three LURD nominees.