U.S. President Jimmy Carter made a brief visit to Liberia, stopping for a working lunch with President William R. Tolbert Jr.

Former football star George Weah is running for a second six-year term as Liberia's president ... is dominating the air waves and mood on the streets - demands to set up an economic and war ...

But according to U.N. inspectors who visited 80 Broad Street in the fall of 2003 ... Registering a ship in Liberia costs between US$2,500 and US$11,900, depending on the size of the vessel.