Liberia: Leadership battle in LURD leads to fighting on streets of Monrovia

A long-running power struggle for the leadership of the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebel movement has spilled over into violence on the streets of the capital Monrovia, forcing UN peacekeeping forces to send in tanks and step up street patrols. Jacques Klein, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative in Liberia, warned both sides on Wednesday that the UN peacekeeping force would not allow them to undermine the country's peace process.