In October 1987, the Sungari, an American-owned tanker steaming under the Liberian flag and a Kuwaiti tanker steaming under the American flag, the Sea Isle City, were hit by Iranian HY-2 missiles.

The Liberian flag bears close resemblance to the flag of the United States, showing the ex-American slave origins of the country.

It is estimated that 1600 ships fly the Liberian flag as a flag of convenience ; this brings in much of the country's revenue.

There is a small Liberian flag in the upper left corner.

The flag of Maryland County, Liberia, consists of a drawing of a tree and a lighthouse on a cliff with a small Liberian flag in the upper left corner.

The Summit Venture, after having her hull repaired, continued service under Liberian flag for another 13 years.

Guinea has offered asylum to over 700, 000 Liberian, Sierra Leonean, and Bissauan refugees since 1990, despite the economic and environmental costs involved.

Diversity has always been celebrated in Liberian culture, cuisine, music, fashion, language and people themselves.

Liberia's government is based on the American model of a republic with three equal branches of government, though in reality the President of Liberia has usually been the dominant force in Liberian politics.

The Executive Mansion has been the home of Liberian Presidents since the 1960s, but has not been used since a fire in 1996.

Liberia has 15 counties, each of which elects two senators to the Liberian Senate.

As a member of the Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ), The Gambia has played an active role in that organization's efforts to resolve the Liberian Civil War and contributed troops to the community's cease-fire monitoring group ( ECOMOG ).

Rhode Island has the highest per capita Liberian population in the country.

He has received fourteen honorary degrees from Nigerian, American and Liberian universities, which include Lincoln University, Storer College, Howard University, Michigan State University, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, University of Lagos, Ahmadu Bello University, University of Ibadan, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, and University of Liberia.

* Liberian President and convicted war criminal Charles Taylor, who is to step down tomorrow, has appealed to rebels to " submit to the democratic process '".

Liberian cuisine is also typical of West African cookery as a whole, as the country has a tradition of baking.

Liberian Kreyol language ( Vernacular Liberian English ), the most common variety, developed from Liberian Interior Pidgin English, the Liberian version of West African Pidgin English though it has been significantly influenced by Liberian Settler English.

Vernacular Liberian English has been analyzed having a post-creole continuum.

The threat has been used successfully in mass protests against the petroleum industry in Nigeria and by Leymah Gbowee during the Second Liberian Civil War.

Park Hill / Clifton ( along with nearby Stapleton ) has the largest Liberian population of any city outside Africa, with an estimated 6, 000-8, 000 strong community of direct immigrants in 2007.

The Liberian community in Clifton has been involved in a string of government lobbying campaigns since the 1990s to extend the " deferred enforced departure " ( DED ) status, which since the Presidency of Bill Clinton has had to be deferred on a yearly basis by presidential order for immigrants who fled the Liberian war without immigration visas.

The area has become a regular stop for Liberian politicians and leaders visiting the United States.

In 2010, a spokesman for Robertson said that the company's arrangements — in which the Liberian government got a 10 percent equity interest in the company and Liberians could purchase at least 15 percent of the shares after the exploration period — were similar to many American companies doing business in Africa at the time.

In 2003 ECOWAS, under pressure from the United States, launched a similar mission named ECOMIL to halt the occupation of Monrovia by rebel forces as peace efforts were ongoing, during the Second Liberian Civil War.

The eleven stripes symbolize the signatories of the Liberian Declaration of Independence, red and white symbolizing courage and moral excellence.

Louis Emerick was born in the Toxteth area of Liverpool to a white British mother and a Liberian father.

* Liberian Law-Cornell Law Library-contains digitized documents dealing with the creation of the nation of Liberia and the laws enacted at its foundation, as well as extensive links for further research

Over time it morphed into a powerful Masonic Order that ruled every aspect of Liberian society for well over a century until it was overthrown in 1980.

A small number of non-whites from outside the United States have also played in the NFL through the years, with notable examples from the past including running backs Rueben Mayes and Tim Biakabutuka ( both Black Canadians ) and Christian Okoye ( Nigerian ) and current examples including defensive linemen Israel Idonije ( also a Black Canadian ), Amobi Okoye ( also Nigerian ), and Osi Umenyiora ( Black British ) as well as fullback Jehuu Caulcrick ( Liberian ).

# that, "... Vice President Yancy Liberia and other high officials of the Liberian Government, as well as county superintendents and district commissioners, have given their sanction for compulsory recruitment of labor for road construction, for shipment abroad and other work, by the aid and assistance of the Liberian Frontier Force ; and have condoned the utilization of this force for purposes of physical compulsion on road construction for the intimidation of villagers, for the humiliation and degradation of chiefs, of captured natives to the coast, there guarding them till the time of shipment Fernando Po and Sao Tome.

The city is home to a significant numbers of many of the country's ethnic groups as well as a large Liberian community.

Ruth Sando Fahnbulleh Perry ( born July 16, 1939 ) was Chairwoman of the Council of State of Liberia from 3 September 1996 until 2 August 1997, following the First Liberian Civil War .< ref name = jenda >< em > Jenda Journal </ em >, " African Women Premier Ministers " The Council of State consisted of a civilian chair, as well as members: Charles Taylor, United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy-K leader Alhaji Kromah, Liberia Peace Council leader George Boley, and two other civilians.

Other nationalities worshiping there are / have included Zambian, Eritrean, Korean, Liberian, Italian, Namibian and Nigerian, as well as British members.

American administration of the border police also stabilized the frontier with Sierra Leone and checked French ambitions to annex more Liberian territory.

Liberian rulers also built up ties with the Soviet bloc and other powers, striving for an independent position in world politics, as far as their strong bonds with the Western world allowed them to.

November 1990, ECOWAS agreed with some principal Liberian players but without Charles Taylor, on an Interim Government of National Unity ( IGNU ) under President Dr. Amos Sawyer.

Both the general election and runoff were marked by peace and order, with thousands of Liberians waiting patiently in the Liberian heat to cast their ballots.

In July 2008, the Legislature reintroduced the death penalty into Liberian law, with President Sirleaf signing the bill into law.

* The Liberian Post-Extensive background information with links and photos.

During the 1990s, Charles Taylor's presidency and the First and Second Liberian Civil Wars underscored Liberian relations with the Western world, the People's Republic of China, and its neighboring countries in Western Africa.

In 2001, Liberian forces along with the RUF began attacking and burning refugee camps and Guinean villages along the border.

* 1980 – In Florida, Liberian freighter MV Summit Venture collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, making a 1, 400-ft. section of the southbound span collapse.

On 25 March 2006, with the election of Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo permitted transfer of Charles Taylor, who had been living in exile in the Nigerian coastal town of Calobar, to Sierra Leone for prosecution.

* Second Liberian Civil War ( 1999 – 2003 ) – The conflict began in 1999 when a rebel group Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy ( LURD ), with support from the Government of Guinea, took over northern Liberia through a coup.

* Former Liberian President Charles G. Taylor was also brought to The Hague charged with war crimes ; his trial stretched from 2007 to March 2011.

According to a June 2, 1999, article in The Virginian-Pilot, Robertson had extensive business dealings with Liberian president Charles Taylor.

Pawtucket is also one of the few areas of the United States with a significant Liberian population, mostly refugees from Charles Taylor's regime.

Gbagbo responded by launching ethnic attacks on northerners living in Abidjan with his army made up partly of Liberian mercenaries, and rumours ( unconfirmed because of restrictions on the movement of peacekeeping forces ) of pro-Gbagbo death squads and mass graves have been reported to representatives of the UN.

In 2000, the UN accused Liberian president Charles G. Taylor of supporting the Revolutionary United Front ( RUF ) insurgency in neighboring Sierra Leone with weapons and training in exchange for diamonds.

< nowiki >< nowiki ></ nowiki > Daily Star, 1985-10-05: 10 .</ ref > Citing a fear of assassination by Liberian agents, Taylor fought extradition from the safety of jail with the help of a legal team led by former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark.

Tolbert brought a new approach to Liberian Government's relations with foreign companies.

Old concession agreements were renegotiated, and new concession agreements were negotiated with an emphasis on accountability of the private sector to the Liberian Government.

The city was severely damaged in the First and Second Liberian Civil Wars, notably during the siege of Monrovia, with many buildings damaged and nearly all the infrastructure destroyed.