January 1991 -- After years of instability under Samuel Doe's military regime, rebel leader Charles Taylor and his party, the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) agree to form an interim government.

September 1993 -- The interim government repeals a Doe regime-era decree that criminalized, on national security grounds, any criticism of the government. However, the Information Ministry still has considerable discretion under the Doe-era media law in licensing and regulating journalists.

July 1997 -- In presidential and legislative elections Charles Taylor wins by a landslide, and his National Patriotic Party wins a majority of seats in the National Assembly.

March 1999 -- The government slams a U.S. State Department report on human rights practices in Liberia. The report notes the judicial system is inefficient, corrupt and unable to protect citizens' basic rights, and that freedom of the press and freedom of movement are restricted.

November 1999 -- The Finance Ministry conducts an investigation into the disappearance of 9.8 million Liberian dollars (US$200,000) in local funds intended to pay teachers.

December 1999 -- The Justice Ministry sets up a Human Rights Coordinating Office to work with local and international human rights organizations. Liberia's security forces are frequently accused of committing human rights abuses.

August 2000 -- Four journalists on assignment for British and American television are arrested and charged with espionage while working on a documentary about diamond smuggling and drug-running. One week later, after substantial international pressure, all four journalists are released after they publicly apologize to President Taylor, who claimed they were arrested because a script found in their possession contained lies and slander about Liberia.

May 2002 -- The government bans a call-in radio talk show in which citizens are allowed to discuss President Taylor and his government. The show is believed to have influenced the U.N.'s decision to maintain sanctions against Liberia. The previous year, police raided the station and briefly detained the presenter of the show.

June 2003 -- A U.N.-backed court in Sierra Leone indicts President Taylor for war crimes for his role in destabilizing Sierra Leone during its civil war. In 2006, the International Criminal Court in The Hague agrees to host his trial.

August 2003 -- President Taylor hands over power to Vice President Moses Blah and flees to Nigeria, which granted him asylum in July. The government signs a peace deal with the two main rebel groups to end a three-year civil war. Businessman Gyude Bryant is picked to head a two-year transition government that will take office in two months. Over the next several months, the U.N. Security Council attempts to bolster the peace process through Resolution 1509, which creates the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), and Resolution 1521, which bans the supply, sale or transfer of arms to Liberia and the export of Liberia's diamonds and timber products.

December 2003 -- Liberia signs the African Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption.

February 2004 -- A parliamentary report triggers investigations into exorbitant travel expenses claimed by members of the transition government.

February 2004 -- International donors pledge 25 billion Liberian dollars (US$500 million) to help reconstruct the country.

March 2004 -- The U.N. Security Council adopts Resolution 1532, freezing the financial assets and economic resources that were misappropriated by Charles Taylor, his family members and close associates.

December 2004 -- With elections planned for the following year, the transition government adopts an electoral reform law to ensure equity and fairness in voter registration, which begins in April 2005. New political party and independent candidate registration guidelines come into force in January 2005.

August 2005 -- J.D. Slanger, former head of the Bureau of Maritime Affairs, is charged with embezzling 171 million Liberian dollars (US$3.5 million).

November 2005 -- The transition government passes a law allowing legislators to keep government vehicles for their private use when they leave office. Legislators leaving office the following month reportedly strip the capitol building of computers, furniture and carpeting.

November 2005 -- Former Finance Minister Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is elected president, becoming Africa's first elected woman head of state. She pledges "zero tolerance" of corruption.

January 2006 -- The transition government denies U.N. accusations that 1.5 billion Liberian dollars (US$30 million) in mineral sales and tax revenues had gone missing during its administration. The new Parliament approves a motion calling for an audit of the transition government, during which top officials will be barred from leaving the country.

June 2006 -- Dutch timber merchant Guus van Kouwenhoven is sentenced to eight years in prison by a Dutch court for exchanging weapons with former President Taylor for logging concessions, in violation of the U.N. arms embargo.

July 2006 -- The U.N. releases a report on corruption in the judiciary with regard to rape cases. The report alleges court and police officials demand bribes to arrest and prosecute rape suspects, and accused child rapists are allowed to pay their way out of jail. A law passed in December 2005 made rape illegal for the first time in the country's history.

Feb. 28, 2007 -- Liberia's ex-President Gyude Bryant is charged with embezzling more than US$1 million during his time in office. He was questioned by police about these corruption allegations in January.

July 3, 2007 -- Former President Charles Taylor appears at his war crimes trial in The Hague for the first time. His trial will be delayed till Aug. 20 because the court needs to appoint a defense team for Taylor, after he sacked his lawyer. Taylor has boycotted previous hearings and denies charges of backing rebels in Sierra Leone in an 11-year campaign that killed thousands of civilians. He is accused of giving the rebels guns, training and money in exchange for diamonds from the areas they controlled. This is the first time a former African head of state appears before a war crimes tribunal.

Taylor pleaded not guilty to all charges when he appeared in court in March 2006 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The trial was transferred to The Hague because of fears it could lead to renewed tensions within Sierra Leone and Liberia.

http://report.globalintegrity.org/Liberia/2007/timeline

Capital: Monrovia

Neighbors: Liberia is bordered to the northeast by Sierra Leone, to the north by Guinea, to the east by Côte d'Ivoire and to the west by the Atlantic Ocean.

People:Liberian

Ethnic groups: Kpelle 20%, Bassa 14%, Gio 8%, Kru 6%, 52% spread over 12 other ethnic groups.

Population: 3.49 Million

Flag: The Liberian flag is similar to the American flag. It bears red, white and blue.The only difference is the Liberian flag has one larger white star compared to the American's fifty stars. Both are found in the upper left-hand corner of the flags.

Government:Presidential republic

     President: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

     Vice-President: Joseph Boakai

     Chief Justice: Jonnie Lewis

Surface Area: 111,369 square km

Languages: English is the official language. There are 16 indigenous languages.

Currency: Liberian Dollar

Liberia is divided into 15 counties, which are subdivided into districts, and further subdivided into clans.

In fantasy football a players stats determine the amount of points he receives for his team. For example, if a running back runs for 20 yards, he earns two points. These computers can average out a players output throughout certain games or even throughout the course of the National Football League season. For example, the NFL.com article says, Donovan McNabb has averaged 20.7 points his last four games.

Fantasy football includes projections. The computer suggests how well a player will do based on who they are playing. So if a really good running back is playing a really bad run defense the computer will let the reporter know the player is projected to score a lot of points.

The article suggests playing New York Jets running back, Thomas Jones, because he is playing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this weekend. Its reasoning for this matchup is that the Bucs are allowing 23 points per game to running backs. ESPN.com projects Jones will score 20 points. The computer keeps these stats in memory so quick analysis and updates can be made throughout the course of the professional football season.

Key players affect projections as well. According to ESPN.com, Chicago Bears wide receiver, Devin Hester, is projected to score two points. Hester isn't projected to do well because he is playing against a really good pass defense in the Green Bay Packers. The Packers top cover man is Charles Woodson who is good at taking receivers out of games with his defense.

Injuries also affect projections. If a player is hurt, they won't score a lot of points because they are not one hundred percent healthy.

Fantasy football reporters on NFL.com, ESPN.com and Yahoo.com use these projections in combination with a players season stats to write weekly articles analyzing the best possible matchups for NFL weekends.

According to St. Paul police spokesman Paul Schnell, the woman, 60, died due to a heart attack, MyFox9.com said. 

The death was initially reported as a hit and run. Six hours into the investigation police diagnosed her death was caused because of cardiac arrest.

"There was no trauma or evidence of trauma at the scene," Schnell said.

The name of the woman has not been released until her relatives are notified,Startribune.com said.

The woman, 81, was there for about seven hours before a relative came to help, Pioneer Press said.

The woman answered her door before 8 o'clock to a man who said her neighbor was being robbed. As she went to call the cops, he broke a window, forced his was in and began to demand money.

After she gave him what money was in her purse, he took her upstairs to her bedroom where he tied her hands and ankles while he ransacked her house, the woman told police.

Before the robber left he called 911, giving them the wrong address.

The suspect was described as a "chubby" build, black man in his 30s.

Police are wondering if the suspect is connected to the robbery of an 82-year-old man's house on Oct. 29, which was done in the same fashion.

Officer Justin Barrett, 36, was placed on administrative leave for an e-mail he wrote to Henry Louis Gates Jr. calling him a "banana-eating jungle monkey," World News said.

Barrett responded by filing a federal lawsuit against the city claiming his civil rights were violated.

The hearing is set for Jan. 6, 2010.

A student at Yucai Middle School tripped after evening study causing others to loose their balance and resulting in the death of eight children, Startribune.com said.

Seven boys and one girl died as others were seriously injured. The students were apart of a total of 400 students heading down a 4-foot-wide staircase.

The building had four exits, but most students were taking the closest stairway to their living quarters because it was raining heavily, Xinhua News Agency said

One student told Xinhua that two boys had intentionally blocked students near the bottom of the stairwell.

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If Weis lands the position, he would be able to stay close to his farm home near South Bend, Ind. It would allow his son to finish school at his current high school in South Bend and his wife to continue to run Hannah and friends, a nonprofit organization for youth with autism.

It would also give Weis the opportunity to work with Chicago's Pro Bowl quarterback, Jay Cutler. Before leaving New England for Notre Dame, Weis mentored Pro Bowl and current New England quarterback, Tom Brady. Brady went on two win two other Super Bowls.

Weis also was responsible for the success former Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn and current quarterback Jimmy Clausen had at the school.

Weis has five other NFL teams interested in him, ESPN NFL insider, Adam Schefter said.

The signing of June will help a Bears team that is currently without all three starting linebackers at the start of the season, Chicagobears.com said.

Middle Linebacker, and defensive captain, Brian Urlacher was lost for the season in the opener with a dislocated wrist. Pisa Tinoisamoa was lost for the season with a knee injury in mid-October. And Lance Briggs exited last Sunday's game against Minnesota early with an injury.

June was chosen by the Colts in the sixth round of the 2003 draft out of Michigan. He was voted to the Pro Bowl in 2005 with the team while playing under the Tampa-2 Defense, the same defense Chicago plays.

"Being able to come in and understand exactly what people are saying about the concepts and the scheme should help me a great deal," June said.

"The terminology is a little bit different. But we'll catch him up, and he should be able to jump right in and know what's going on right away." Head Coach Lovie Smith said.

White was originally charged with fifth-degree assault, after stealing $100 worth of merchandise then getting into an argument and scuffle with a security guard, Mndaily.com said.

"It was time to be done," White's attorney F. Clayton Tyler said.

White was fined $300 for court costs and $300 for the theft. He has 30 days to pay the fines.

White is also a suspect of a computer theft that occurred in a University of Minnesota dormitory. Cameras allegedly show White leaving the dormitory around the time of the incident.