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           Headlined:  Missionaries to evacuate Liberia
               as intense fighting erupts in capital

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     United Methodist missionaries were among the hundreds of
Americans evacuated April 9 from Monrovia, the embattled capital
of Liberia.
     According to the New York Times, about 600 Americans and
other foreigners were transported out of the African country by
Air Force helicopters during the night.
     The missionaries were in Dakar, Senegal, on April 10 and were
expected to return to the United States on April 11.

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     Zebediah Marewangepo, an executive with the ... 

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