United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan (L) meets with Charles G. Taylor, President of the Republic of Liberia at the Hilton Hotel in Abuja July 1. Annan also met detained Nigerian opposition politician Moshood Abiola on Wednesday as intense backroom diplomacy continued to secure his release, a senior Nigerian official said. vm/U.N. VM/SV/ME - RP1DRIGBLSAB
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