Somini Sengupta

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Although Charles Taylor’s resignation from the presidency sparked some hope for peacekeeping in Liberia fighting between rebels and government troops erupted again over the past few days. New York Times staff reporter Somini Sengupta, calls in live from Monrovia with the latest updates.

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